Welcome to the New Year. Year after year I return to one of my favorite places in Alaska: Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness. I took this photo last year towards the end of May when eagles are hungry after a long Alaskan winter. Salmon have not yet returned from the ocean and the harbor seal pupping season has begun. This immature bald eagle sits on an iceberg in front of the Sawyer Glacier, a popular harbor seal pupping area. After the pups are born the hungry eagles come around to eat the afterbirth. This photo illustrates the month of May in my 2017 Juneau, Alaska calendar. Enjoy the photo and thank you for visiting – Camera: Nikon D800, Lens: Nikkor 80-400, ISO 800, digital capture ©Mark Kelley
Bald Eagle, Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm, Alaska Image 2989
“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…