Researcher Chloe Goodson’s tally of more than 1,400 eagles during a roadside count last week bodes well for next week’s Alaska Bald Eagle Festival.

Goodson counted over 700 birds along the Chilkat at the 19 Mile slide and 378 birds at 21 Mile. “If you go out and park on the edge of the slide, you’ll see a whole ton of birds,” she said.

Goodson is in her third year of leading counts of eagles…