Kwiaht volunteer Lisa DiGiorgio captured a photo of an eagle feasting on a giant Pacific octopus in Fisherman Bay on Sunday, Feb. 15. Giant Pacific octopus have been reported around San Juan Channel and Fisherman Bay peninsula, and occasionally wash ashore where they become food for seagulls, and other scavengers, but this is the first time that we have seen photographic evidence of an eagle enjoying an octopus meal.
Eagle feasts on Giant Pacific octopus
Kwiaht volunteer Lisa DiGiorgio captured a photo of an eagle feasting on a giant Pacific octopus in Fisherman Bay on Sunday, Feb. 15.