[Length 18 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This pair of Mandarin Ducks were photographed on a small pond on the grounds of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This winter plumaged Dunlin was photographed along the docks at Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (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 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 23.5 in. Wingspan 42 in.]

This Little Egret was photographed in a pond on the grounds of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 27 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Intermediate Egret was photographed along a rice paddy on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1996)