It is the Eagles Turn

On the falls platform tonight were a large group of people. They, like me were waiting for the fish and the bears to arrive. The salmon were jumping but not in the high numbers that will happen soon which causes the bears to arrive in high numbers. The crowd waited patiently for a bear. Then out of the water jumped the salmon. He missed and disappeared back into the water. Another fish jumped or maybe the same one and missed again. When a salmon finally made it over the falls people cheered. I hated to tell them that cheering on the platform was not going to let the bears hear the fish as that was the only entertainment for the night. So every so often a fish would successfully jump over the falls and people cheered.

Time passed and still no bears. The people with all thier cameras stood waiting for that one perfect shot. When it happened, most people missed it. Out of the air swooped down a bald eagle. It soared low over the water and tried to catch a fish with its mighty talons. Everyone oohed and ahhed. It was a magnificient sight. Then to give the camera people another chance it turned and soared back up the river, this time catching the mighty salmon as it jumped. He carried it up into the trees and disappeared. It may not have been a bear but it was good entertainment.