A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido
10,000 Birds
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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