--- description: An eagle fought against two gulls and won in a photo shared by the Department of the Interior Facebook page title: See a Bald Eagle Fight With Two Gulls image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See a Bald Eagle Fight With Two Gulls  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 16, 2015 6:21 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 16, 2015 6:21 PM CUT The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Facebook page has [shared](https://www.facebook.com/USInterior/photos/a.155163054537384.41840.109464015773955/862539410466408/?type=1&theater "undefined") a photo of a gull trying to take on a bald eagle that flew off with another gull. David Canales, a filmmaker living in Anchorage, Alaska, took the photo while kayaking on the Prince William Sound in Alaska during an 11-day expedition from Valdez to Whittier, according to the agency’s post. Users in the comments section are asking who won “the battle.” The Interior Department says it was the eagle, [explaining](https://www.facebook.com/USInterior/photos/a.155163054537384.41840.109464015773955/862539410466408/?type=1&theater "undefined") that it flew away with its prey after “the top gull gave up and the bottom one couldn’t free itself.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/"},"headline":"See a Bald Eagle Fight With Two Gulls","datePublished":"2015-07-16T18:21:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:13.653Z","description":"The circle of life","url":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/","name":"See a Bald Eagle Fight With Two Gulls"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?","description":"Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6qldqUSm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-09-12T16:19:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3961097/gull-eagle-photo-interior-department/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```