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

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APRIL 29, 2024

The species is listed as Vulnerable – the estimated number of individuals is 4600-5100 (HBW), of which about 2000 winter on Hokkaido. Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 – 1746) was a German-born naturalist, though it seems he spent most of his (shortish) adult life in Russia, participating in the exploration of the North Pacific region.

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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District. The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic.

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

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

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