2025—Surveying the Situation

The rocky shores along the Uganik River on Kodiak Island were strewn with dead and dying Pink Salmon after they migrated upstream to spawn. The Kodiak Brown Bears, of course, kept a watchful eye on the salmon supply as did the hundreds of gulls that crowded the shoreline. But the Bald Eagles had the best view, high up in the trees. They would occasionally land in the midst of the gulls but they seemed more comfortable perched on a branch, surveying the situation.