@rek What a treat.

I never appreciated how huge they were until I saw one up close.

It was while kayak crabbing off Lummi Island, in the Rosario Strait. I was alone, floating just outside a cove where we were camped, late in the evening and it was still. Dead still.

I had been watching this one baldy circling and the fish he spotted was just 10-15 ft off the bow.

The whole thing was over in 2 seconds but that bird made eye contact and stopped time.