Off to find food
Mornings in northern British Columbia are typically cool, but today was a welcome anomaly – not a cloud in the sky, and the sun made it feel like like it was in the mid-60’s at least. That’s still cool to most, but we soaked it up.
We took our coffee into the cockpit and enjoyed the wildlife. First, we heard a sea lion surfacing at the mouth of the cove and then taking a couple of deep breaths before another dive to look for fish. Then, we saw a pair of river otters facing off on a rock near our boat – they circled and shrieked over and over at each other – maybe jousting for territory or some kind of mating dance.
Blue heron drying its wings in the sun
The highlight of the morning was an adult eagle that was fishing for it’s young. The adult would sit on a branch near the nest until the juvenile eagles started their cries. After a minute or two of listening it would fly about a hundred yards away to a branch overlooking a preferred fishing hole – there it would settle down to watch the water. It would generally only take a minute or two before the eagle would swoop down to the surface of the water, scoop a fish up in it’s talons and fly it back to the nest. The juveniles would quiet down as soon as the adult flew away, and they would start their cries again when the adult was on it’s way back to the nest. We’re hungry!!!
