An American bald eagle scans the horizon from the top of Sleeping Bear Dune, the world's largest moving dune. The eagle sees a ghost forest of dead trees where shifting sands had covered living trees and then as the sand shifted again, uncovered a stand of dead trees.
In back of the dunes an oak and aspen forest anchor the sand in place with their root systems. There are deep ravines between the dunes. A cougar hides in the shadows.
The eagle flies eight miles northwest toward South Manitou Island where he lands, feeds on a dead fish and rests for the night.
to be continued.
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