Afternoon Flight in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve

This is such an amazing place!  I think I've probably already said that before, but I can't help saying it again!  The scenery here in Haines, Alaska is breathtaking with beautiful braided rivers, snow-capped mountains and fjords filled with water that is some of the prettiest blue color I've ever seen.  And, this time of year, the gathering of eagles makes a visit to the area extra-special.  We've been photographing the eagles and scenery for almost a week now and each day we look forward to going out and seeing all the wonderful sights even more than the day before.  This photo was made a couple of days ago in the afternoon within the bald eagle preserve.  This mature eagle flew right by us just above eye-level and I loved the way the sunlight was hitting the bird as it flew by.  We've been getting so many great photos each day its hard to choose just one or two to share with you at a time :-)