MD -- Rock Creek Regional Park -- Notes:

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• Description of Subject Matter: Lake Needwood, Lake Frank, an archery section, an old manor, etc are all in this park. It also has the Meadowside Nature Center Raptor Aviary. The word "raptor" comes from the Latin word "rapere" meaning one who seizes or plunders. The birds of prey, with the exception of vultures, feed in a similar manner. They hunt, kill and consume insects, reptiles, birds and mammals. Birds of prey generally swallow their food whole except for the larger "meals." All birds of prey are protected by law. The birds are all permanently crippled and non-releasable.
  The place has a historic mansion called Needwood. The original Needwood land patent of 1000 acres granted to John Cooke in 1758, became part of a prosperous farm established on this site by his granddaughter, Harriet Cooke Robertson and her husband, William. Their son, William George Robertson, named the farm Sunnyside and built the existing brick structure shortly before his untimely death from lightning at the outbreak of the Civil War. His son, William George, joined Colonel John S. Mosby's Confederate rangers. A skirmish involving Mosby's men occurred near the house in 1864.
  The George Washington Columbus Beall family owned the property from 1881 to 1948. Needwood became part of Rock Creek Regional Park in 1962.
• Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
  2. ROCKCK_100201_014.JPG: Bald eagle.
  5. ROCKCK_100201_046.JPG: Red-tailed hawk.
  8. ROCKCK_100201_083.JPG: Turkey vulture.
  10. ROCKCK_100201_113.JPG: Great Horned Owl.
  21. ROCKCK_100201_220.JPG: Notice the eye blink.
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