Not talking about "... hey, do you think that speck waayyy up there is a bald eagle?"

This one was perched in a tree limb on the river right bank (in the shade).  When I saw it move to take flight, I thought to myself - that is one big buzzard!  Then the bird left the shade and everybody just watched in amazement as he flew over our heads and then dove into an eddy on river left to grab a fish.  He missed the fish but preened himself on a rock and just stood there checking us out from about 30-40 feet away.

It was the coolest wildlife encounter I've had on the water!

Stuart