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A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido

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Finally, there is an interesting paper trying to estimate the economic value of a Steller’s Sea Eagle – in this case, a vagrant showing up in North America. But marrying a widow and thus getting access to scientific information was not the only remarkable event in his life.

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Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: West Coast–A Book Review

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It does not include near-shore, coastal species, like Brown Pelican, Elegant Tern, and Harbor Seal. Petrels, Albatrosses , and Storm-Petrels of North America, Howell’s definitive book on these species, of course gives the most information, including the fact that the bird is rare to uncommon off the west coast in mid-June to July.

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