Having a Bad Feather Day

Besnard Lake, Saskatchewan

This bedraggled bald eagle had been in a territorial fight that resulted in a water landing! Friends and I were out kayaking and found it, completely water logged and unable to get to shore. By intervening, we were able to help it to dry land where it immediately spread its wings to dry them in the sun. When we returned several hours later the eagle was gone, a happy ending we presumed.