Labor Day found me without a fishing partner due to illness, so I headed to Ririe Reservoir to observe how the fishing was going for both man and birds.

Before the sun came up, the sky was busier than the boats with 11 Ospreys and two Bald eagles looking for breakfast.

An osprey successfully harvested a kokanee from a high dive, bragged of its capture and the chase was on. A Bald eagle, not wanting to get its feet wet, chased the smaller bird until it gave up its prize and the eagle picked the falling fish out of the air.

With its meal, the eagle flew up the lake to consume the hapless fish.

The land-locked salmon were dimpling the surface of the reservoir while the ospreys continued to harvest and while fishermen continued to put boats in the water.

The Juniper boat ramp was busy wit

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