Rolling on the River. Bald Eagle Nest.
Alaska Travelog #22
Outside Seward - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 2:30pm
On our drive out of Kenai Fjords National Park after hiking there today we took a slight side trip to visit the Resurrection River. The park road runs along the glacial outwash stream until where the state highway crosses it a bit above the head of Resurrection Bay. In a few places the embankments along the side of the flood plain are low enough that vehicle trails have been made through them. We drove out on the rocky wash.
In the photo above we're actually a fair distance, as far as 4x4 situations in riverbeds go, from the bank. Out here the surface is fairly flat, and the rocks are fairly uniform in size and rounded smooth from the action of the glacier that's now retreated several miles upstream. Yes, this is the outflow from Exit glacier which we visited earlier today and also yesterday (different hikes each day).
After we got back on the road we stopped another mile or two downstream when we saw a large nest high up in a tall tree- with a bald eagle in it!
Link: watch video on YouTube
Bald eagles are native to this habitat. They tolerate the cold weather well, and there's abundant fishing nearby. We see them occasionally near our home (where there's not cold weather) though only a few sightings a year. Out here in Alaska you can see bald eagles a few times a day.
Outside Seward - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 2:30pm
On our drive out of Kenai Fjords National Park after hiking there today we took a slight side trip to visit the Resurrection River. The park road runs along the glacial outwash stream until where the state highway crosses it a bit above the head of Resurrection Bay. In a few places the embankments along the side of the flood plain are low enough that vehicle trails have been made through them. We drove out on the rocky wash.
In the photo above we're actually a fair distance, as far as 4x4 situations in riverbeds go, from the bank. Out here the surface is fairly flat, and the rocks are fairly uniform in size and rounded smooth from the action of the glacier that's now retreated several miles upstream. Yes, this is the outflow from Exit glacier which we visited earlier today and also yesterday (different hikes each day).
After we got back on the road we stopped another mile or two downstream when we saw a large nest high up in a tall tree- with a bald eagle in it!
Click to viewLink: watch video on YouTube
Bald eagles are native to this habitat. They tolerate the cold weather well, and there's abundant fishing nearby. We see them occasionally near our home (where there's not cold weather) though only a few sightings a year. Out here in Alaska you can see bald eagles a few times a day.