In Flight Meal

Posted April 11, 2014 at 6:01 am by

Captain David Howitt, while skippering for Legacy Charters the other day, snatched these beautiful photos of an eagle eating in flight. Here it is in his words…

Bald eagle enjoys an in-flight meal - Click for larger view - Captain David Howit photo, Legacy Charters

Bald eagle enjoys an in-flight meal – Click for larger view – Captain David Howitt photo, Legacy Charters

Amidst a flurry of Transient Orca tail lobs and crying scavenging glaucous gulls an eagle appeared from nowhere, plucked a piece of sealion meat from the surface, dodged harassing seagulls and commenced eating the meat from his talons in flight – I was impressed – 4/7/14, 4 mile NE of Active Pass

Click for larger view -  Captain David Howitt photo, Legacy Charters

Click for larger view – Captain David Howitt photo, Legacy Charters

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