Nature lovers walking Puget Sound beaches and along river trails this time of year might be treated to an increase in bald eagle sightings, such as this one captured taking flight to escape another raptor's dive on Monday. The two appeared to be eyeing the same fish dinner on a stretch of Clarks Creek in Puyallup.
Derek Stinson, a listing and recovering biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said that in addition to pairs of bald eagles claiming year-round residence, eagles from as far away as Alaska and the Yukon migrate from the frozen north, where food can be hard to find, to the Puget Sound area for milder weather and spawning salmon.
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