[Length 33 (Male) to 44 (Female) in. Wingspan 87 (Male) to 96 (Female) in.]

Steller's Sea-Eagles breed along coastal Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula. The world population is approximately 6,000 to 7,000 and about a third of them winter on the northern and eastern coasts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. These fighting Steller's Sea-Eagles were photographed along the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan as one male chased off a rival suitor. Part of a series of photographs. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 33 (Male) to 44 (Female) in. Wingspan 87 (Male) to 96 (Female) in.]

This immature Steller's Sea-Eagle, showing the long, wedge-shaped tail typical of its species, was photographed along the shore near Nemuro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 33 (Male) to 44 (Female) in. Wingspan 87 (Male) to 96 (Female) in.]

This male Steller's Sea-Eagle was photographed along the shores of the Notsuke peninsula near Nemuro-Shibetsu on the island of Hokkaido, Japan as he flew to chase off another male. Part of a series of photographs. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 26 (Male) to 35 (Female) in. Wingspan 72 (Male) to 94 (Female) in.]

White-tailed Eagles breed across northern Europe, Siberia, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and northern Japan. A few pairs have colonized North America's Attu Island, at the end of the Aleutian Island chain in Alaska. This adult, showing a grizzled head and neck (which grows lighter with age) and relatively short tail, was photographed near the Akan Cho Japanese Crane Refuge near Kushiro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.0 EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 20 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

Cattle Egrets arrived from Africa and began to colonize the New World in the 1950s. Since then, they have spread throughout most of the eastern US and have recently been found in southeastern Canada. Cattle Egrets get their name from their habit of associating with and following cattle and other livestock to feed on the insects flushed by the grazing animals. This one was photographed in the reeds of a wildlife refuge as a late summer thunderstorm began to move across the refuge. Photo taken at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: September 1981)

[Length 20 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Cattle Egret in breeding plumage was photographed in Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1981)

[Length 20 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Cattle Egret in flight was photographed near Pedricktown, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1980)

[Length 20 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

These Cattle Egrets were photographed during their northward migration resting on the beach near the mouth of the Rio Grande River at Boca Chica, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 180 f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2000)