Each spring herring mass by the millions along isolated sections of Alaska coast in preparation for their annual spawn. Recently I had a fantastic trip to photograph the bird and mammal predators that are on hand for this spectacular feast.
Large rafts of resting Steller’s sea lions assemble between sessions of frenzied feeding.
A pair of humpback whales lunge feeding on dense schools of herring.
A group of pelagic cormorants rest on an offshore rock.
Glaucous-winged gulls by the hundreds begin to congregate along shore as the herring move into shallow water.
An adult bald eagle plucks a herring from the surface of the ocean.