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Steller's sea-eagles hone in on a salmon run to feed. Kurilskoe Lake preserve is the gem of the Russian preserve system, and these soaring birds of prey are called Stellar sea eagles in the U.S. and white-shouldered eagles in Russia, also nicknamed “parrots.”
They are one of the 137 species that depend solely on salmon for protein. Salmon carcasses frozen near the surface of very shallow streams make frozen “TV dinners” for several species.
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- RANDY OLSON
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- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
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animal behavior, color image, commonwealth of independent states, day, fishing, flying, flying animals, haliaeetus pelagicus, hunting, kamchatka peninsula, latin names, low angle view, no people, outdoors, petropavlovsk kamchatsky, photography, predator, pursuit, russia, russia (the country), searching, steller's sea eagles, survival, two animals
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- Kamchatka Salmon_ National Geographic Magazine 8/2009
