Eagle with a BIG fish

[Fordsabroad]

No wonder this chap didn't want to fly!! This is a big crop but the size of the catch makes it still worth posting!
Bald eagle with large fish by Gordon Ford, on Flickr

 

[keeweeman]

any idea what type of fish it is?

 

[MatBin]

any idea what type of fish it is?

A dead one, soon.

 

[Nod]

I'd guess at some sort of salmon. (Pic is in an Alaska album on Flickr.)

 

[MatBin]

Agreed, it looks like a salmon's tail.

 

[Fordsabroad]

I am pretty sure it is a chum salmon. It was taken at the annual salmon run in Alaska. The river is overflowing with them just flapping about. Not a hard catch for the Eagle.

 

[keeweeman]

cheers guys