Bald eagles have arrived by the thousands in northwestern Washington State to feast on spawning salmon, and Meg McDonald has captured this annual spectacle beautifully in a compilation of photographs and video footage.
(McDonald's amazing footage of endangered Southern Resident orcas frolicking in Puget Sound was featured here last month.)
The eagle footage was captured on the Nooksack River, which is not as well-known as the nearby Skagit River in terms of bald eagle-related tourism.
That's largely because the Nooksack is not nearly as accessible as the Skagit, which flows adjacent to State Route 20. (There are roadside viewpoints on the Skagit and several outfitters offer boat trips for viewing and photography.)
But as viewers can see, the Nooksack is plenty popular among the majestic raptors, which, as shown by McDonald, skirmish quite a bit among themselves during these incredible feeding events.
December and January are peak months for viewing on the rivers and their tributaries, but some eagles stay into February before migrating back to Canada.
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