Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Fullscreen Slideshow
In late fall every years thousands of bald eagles gather along the Chilkat River in Southeast Alaska for their last feast of the season. A late fall spawning run of 10-pound chum salmon attracts this largest known congregation of bald eagles. Most salmons die shortly after spawning and it's their carcasses which provide large quantities of food for the eagles.
Bald Eagle landing in snowstorm.
Chilkat River Valley.
Bald Eagle eating a chum salmon along the Chilkat River.
Bald Eagle flying through snowstorm.
Bald Eagle group in snowstorm.
Dead chum salmon along the Chilkat River.
Flying Bald Eagle.
Bald Eagle group on a dead tree.
Bald Eagle preparing to land.
A lonely Bald Eagle in the Chilkat River Valley.
A juvenile Bald Eagle drying its wings in snowstorm.
Flying Bald Eagle.
Bald Eagle eating a salmon.