Alaska likely had more bald eagles than seagulls
When in a park in SITKA, there were HUNDREDS of Bald Eagles in the trees above us, and I just Prayed they didn’t CRAP on us!
We were in Alaska almost 20 years ago. Our family booked a cabin on the ferry run by the U.S. Parks Service up the coast from Bellinham, WA to Skagway, AL. There would be a park ranger lecture in the front observation lounge every afternoon.
In one lecture, they explained that the eagles liked to feast on the spawning salmon since the water would be real shallow. The eagles would eat until they could not fly. They would stagger around until they got to a place where they could safely plop over. They looked like they were drunk.