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

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Even the review has some interesting information – for example, a major predator of eagle nests is the Brown Bear. It is even more specific, stating that brown bears depredate 20 % of offspring on Sakhalin Island (but not on the mainland).

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What is the National Bird of Panama?

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At 3-4 inches long , they rival those of the great Grizzly Bear, and allow the Harpy Eagles to go after prey unavailable to many other birds. These eagles are known to take down Howler Monkeys, baby deer, and sloths, just to name a few of their favorite meals. Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

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