Bald eagles are very often seen along the Inside Passage, since it is largely made up water and shoreline, and the lion’s share of an eagle’s diet is fish. Breeding resident bald eagles nest in trees along the entire Pacific Coast of Alaska. We found this one perched upon a large rock at the entrance to our evening anchorage at Wood Spit, a small peninsula opposite the famous Stevens Passage. We arrived in evening light, which is warm and comes in at a low angle. It sculpts this handsome bird in light and shadow, and creates a perfect background via a shadowy forest as well. I particularly liked the way the golden brown algae on the rocks in the foreground are echoed in the gleaming brown features of the eagle.