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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-six: An American safari -- wildlife photography in southeast Alaska’s wilderness > Young bald eagle, Wood Spit, Alaska, 2013
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12-JUN-2013

Young bald eagle, Wood Spit, Alaska, 2013

This immature bald eagle finds a navigation light in the middle of the Stevens Passage to be a safe and convenient place to observe passing tourists. I cropped in on the image to create a series of repeating triangles within the supporting structure of the navigation light. The bright red triangle, which is part of the light’s danger warning signage, now acts as a pointer aimed directly at this eagle’s beak. Both male and female bald eagles will acquire their distinctive white head feathers at age four. Meanwhile, they are learning how to hunt, and using this navigation platform as a perching place may help them to locate fish more easily.

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