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The tiny town of Haines, Alaska, sits at the end of North America's longest and deepest fjord. It also hosts America's largest gathering of bald eagles. Each year, Haines hosts the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival to celebrate the return of thousands of eagles to the banks of the salmon-filled Chilkat (chill-cat) River. John Ryan of station KTOO in Juneau perched on the river bank, along with a few thousand eagles and a few hundred humans, and sent in this audio postcard.
Broadcast History
KTOO-FM, Juneau, Nov. 13, 2007
Transcript
The tiny town of Haines, Alaska, sits at the end of North America?s longest and deepest fjord. It also hosts America?s largest gathering of bald eagles. Each year, Haines hosts the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival to celebrate the return of thousands of eagles to the banks of the Chilkat (chill-cat) River. John Ryan of station KTOO in Juneau perched on the river bank, along with a few thousand eagles and a few hundred humans, and sent in this audio postcard.
13EAGLECARD 2:59
Eagles congregate north of Haines each autumn for a late run of chum salmon. Listen carefully, and you?ll hear one of those eagles ripping the flesh and crunching the bones of a spawned-out salmon.
[CRUNCHES]
[EAGLE CALLS]
[SHUTTERS]
A pair of trumpeter swans with their long white necks fly up the river, and a flock of nature photographers with unbelievably long telephoto lenses go wild.
[SWANS, GULLS, SHUTTER...
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The tiny town of Haines, Alaska, sits at the end of North America?s longest and deepest fjord. It also hosts America?s largest gathering of bald eagles. Each year, Haines hosts the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival to celebrate the return of thousands of eagles to the banks of the Chilkat (chill-cat) River. John Ryan of station KTOO in Juneau perched on the river bank, along with a few thousand eagles and a few hundred humans, and sent in this audio postcard.
