The Grand Prize-Winning Photo
Drumroll please… The winner is fighting bald eagles.
When meals are plentiful during Alaska’s salmon season, perches become scarce—as demonstrated by this intense display of territorial defense.
National Geographic writes:
A bald eagle arrives to steal a perch on a tree log that offers a strategic view of the shoreline at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in Alaska. When other eagles drag freshly caught salmon in from the water, these bystanders swoop in to take a share. “Hours of observing their patterns and behavior helped me capture moments like these,” says photographer Karthik Subramaniam, a software engineer with a passion for wildlife photography.
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