We sat at our dining room table overlooking the mountains that towered above Bute Inlet. The scene was spectacular and we enjoyed stories of a day spent fishing and cruising the inlets. The weather was hot with clear blue skies and everyone enjoyed the spectacle of natures beauty all through the day.

A few minutes earlier our friendly and informed server had told us how eagles often gathered at big tides to scoop hake from the surface. The huge upsurge of tides in the narrows in front of us would bring schools of hake to the surface so fast that the air inside them expanded and they could not swim. This incredible happening of nature provided the eagles with a ready meal. Eagles in the area are always watching for a meal and when they see their peers circling an area on huge outspread wings they know something is happening.

We noticed a half dozen eagles circling the skies and within minutes there were more than a hundred eagles circling and diving to the waters surface to pick up fish. The story we had just heard was coming true before us.

The dinner was superb and the staff took great care to ensure our dining experience was exquisite. Nothing could surpass the drama of eagles dining from natures bounty as we enjoyed our meal. This beautiful day in paradise ended with all the colors of a Summer evening that I will always remember as that Sonora Sunset when we dined with the eagles.