{"id":22955,"date":"2014-10-20T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=22955"},"modified":"2014-10-20T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T15:55:11","slug":"day-293-the-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=22955","title":{"rendered":"Day 293: The Eagles!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bald eagles abound in Alaska. \u00c2\u00a0We saw all of these in about a one mile stretch over about 20 to 30 minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An immature Bald Eagle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429301-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429301\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429301-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429301-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429301.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Siblings and a parent. \u00c2\u00a0I have never seen a Bald Eagle roost on the ground like that before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429302-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429302\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429302-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429302-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429302.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As I have mentioned previously, some of the salmon are running. \u00c2\u00a0Here is an Eagle waiting for dinner to drop onto his lap&#8230;and it is trying to!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429303.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429303-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429303\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429303-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429303-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429303.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And just to prove it wasn&#8217;t a freak photo, this is two frames later&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429304-423x600.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429304\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429304-423x600.jpg 423w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429304-211x300.jpg 211w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429304.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One Eagle, no, two!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429305-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429305\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429305-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429305-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429305.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Three Eagles! \u00c2\u00a0And three ducks&#8230;Redheads, I think.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429306-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429306\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429306-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429306-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429306.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An Eagle, crow and deer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429307-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429307\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429307-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429307-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429307.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Guarding an old house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429308-467x600.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429308\" width=\"467\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429308-467x600.jpg 467w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429308-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429308.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In our large and very quiet whale watching boat we motored right up under a couple.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429309-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429309\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429309-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429309-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429309.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429310-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Day1429310\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429310-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429310-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Day1429310.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Next: More Otters!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~Curtis in Sitka! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bald eagles abound in Alaska. \u00c2\u00a0We saw all of these in about a one mile stretch over about 20 to 30 minutes&#8230; An immature Bald Eagle. Siblings and a parent. \u00c2\u00a0I have never seen a Bald Eagle roost on the ground like that before. As I have mentioned previously, some of the salmon are running. 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