Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. Looking up at one of the bald eagle parents as he landed in a tree behind us.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. The view of the eagle nest tree from our vantage point.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008 on Denman Island. A bald eagle watches over the waters around the Chrome Island Lighthouse looking for a meal for its chick.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. One of the bald eagle parents swoops in with a bullhead in its talons.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. The chick waits eagerly as another meal is being dropped off.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. You can see the small fish in the talons of the parent as it lands in the nest. We saw several writhing bullheads dropped for the chick. And the parents are no longer ripping the food into pieces for the chick. They just drop the food and leave the chick to rip it into smaller pieces.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. A bald eagle watches boaters on the Strait of Georgia.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. The sole surviving chick is growing flight feathers and shedding down and has started to exercise its wings.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. One of the parents swoops into the nest to feed the chick.
June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. Looking up at one of the bald eagle parents as he landed in a tree behind us.
Brad Powell > June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. Looking up at one of the bald eagle parents as he landed in a tree behind us.
June 28th, 2008, on Denman Island. Looking up at one of the bald eagle parents as he landed in a tree behind us.
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