An adult bald eagle prepares to take flight to protect itself from a dangerous opponent seeking the same sustenance it was feeding on in Alaska's Chilkat river bed.
An adult bald eagle reacts in flight to evade the impending talons of a challenging eagle as it launches into the air to attack on a gravel bar along the Chilkat River in Alaska over the carcass of a spawned out salmon in late November.
A juvenile bald eagle attempts talons to the throat of an adult bald eagle in an attempt to take a salmon for itself on a Chilkat gravel bar during a rainy, overcast late November day.
