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

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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. Another danger to the species comes from lead poisoning as they eat the carcasses of deer killed by hunters ( source ).

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Godwits are bad ambassadors of conservation

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It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Somehow – given our current weather – I can relate. .

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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

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We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits.