Winter Wildlife Photos: Bald Eagle

Continuing my series on Winter Wildlife we come to the Bald Eagle.

One morning shortly after moving to Southern Arizona from the Northwest, I met an "older" man who was retired and who fished every day at Columbus Lake in West Tucson. He was so excited because earlier that morning there was quite a commotion: a Bald Eagle there at the lake. It was the first Bald Eagle he had ever seen. I let him enjoy his story saying, "That must have been quite a thrill."

I didn't have the heart to tell him that Bald Eagles are common in Western Washington; that in fact, in the winter along the Skagit River, you could relatively easily find 100 of the 500 Bald Eagles that hunt along the Skagit for Chum Salmon.

Here is a photo of one of those Bald Eagles sitting on top of what looks to be a 20 pound salmon:

Bald Eagle with 20 pound Chum Salmon