As most of you know, Sandi and I just returned from a week-long cruise through the Inland Passage to Alaska. I have already posted a few of our best photos from that trip on this blog earlier this week. As promised, here are some bald eagle pics.
Our boat trip out of Ketchikan, Alaska to the sovereign waters surrounding an island owned by a local native Alaskan tribe, which is also a bald eagle sanctuary, afforded us some once in a lifetime photo ops of the eagles diving for fish. When we got to the island, the crew of the crabbing boat we were on tossed herrings into the seawaters for the bald eagles to dive for. The eagles were waiting for us in the trees along the shore.
There were dozens of eagles perched in the western red cedar and sitka spruce trees. Seeing the eagles diving for fish was one of the high points of our trip. Just thinking of the privilege of seeing these majestic birds in action brings chills up my spine! Eagles can weigh up to twelve pounds and have a wing span of seven feet! There were dozens of them flying all at once diving for fish. What an awesome experience. The wonders of Jehovah’s creation!
Now here are the photos.