While all five pacific salmon species spawn in the Skagit River and its tributaries, it's the midwinter run of Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) that attracts the largest concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48 states from as far away as Alaska and Montana. The Chum start swimming up the river to spawn in late November and the eagles arrive soon after. The numbers of both species along the river peak in mid-January.

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