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Waiting for the inevitable Audubon society article on it

pseudolus 5y ago
The Audubon Society has posted an article "Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller’s Sea-Eagle" which features some great maps and photos. [0] The eagle has had quite the journey and been sighted at the following locations (per the article) Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (August 30, 2020) Coleto Creek Reservoir, Victoria, Texas (March 10, 2021) Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec/New Brunswick, Canada (June 28, 2021) Avon River, near Falmouth, Nova Scotia (November 3–4, 2021) Taunton River, Massachusetts (December 12–20, 2021) Sheepscot River, Maine (December 30, 2021–January 6, 2022) [0] https://www.audubon.org/news/inside-amazing-cross-continent-saga-stellers-sea-eagle https://www.audubon.org/news/inside-amazing-cross-continent-...
- VHRanger 5y ago
  Nice, I love Audubon articles! I don't know why anyone would read something about bird watching from another source
  - throwanem 5y ago
    Cornell Ornithology's "All About Birds" is handy for overviews, and the Sibley guide, published by Knopf, has been my go-to identification resource (in either the paper form or the iOS app) for many years now.
- heartbreak 5y ago
  One of these locations is not like the others. I wonder if the sighting in Texas was legit.
  - Exmoor 5y ago
    When the Texas bird showed up, birders were pretty incredulous. The bird was only seen (and photographed) by a single individual. Once the photos were validated to have actually been taken in the reported location (people have tried to pass off photos from far away locations before), the general feeling was that is was most likely an escaped bird from a zoo or private collection. However, once a Steller's Sea Eagle turned up a few months later in eastern Canada the general feeling changed and the Texas Rare Birds Committee ended up voting that the bird was of natural origin and not an escapee. Interestingly enough, this is not the first time a rare raptor has been seen in Texas and later turned up in the northeast. A couple years ago the first Great Black Hawk ever photographed north of the Mexican border found in south Texas. A few months later a Great Black Hawk was found in Maine. The feather patterns of the Maine bird were compared to the photographs of the Texas bird and it was concluded that they were the same individual. Unfortunately the bird eventually died, apparently unable to cope with Maine's winter weather, but not before it was seen by thousands of people from far and wide.
- bullfightonmars 5y ago
  The Audubon Society guide books aee excellent. We have one on marine mammals that is really fun to read.

The Audubon Society has posted an article "Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller’s Sea-Eagle" which features some great maps and photos. [0] The eagle has had quite the journey and been sighted at the following locations (per the article) Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (August 30, 2020) Coleto Creek Reservoir, Victoria, Texas (March 10, 2021) Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec/New Brunswick, Canada (June 28, 2021) Avon River, near Falmouth, Nova Scotia (November 3–4, 2021) Taunton River, Massachusetts (December 12–20, 2021) Sheepscot River, Maine (December 30, 2021–January 6, 2022) [0] https://www.audubon.org/news/inside-amazing-cross-continent-saga-stellers-sea-eagle https://www.audubon.org/news/inside-amazing-cross-continent-...

VHRanger 5y ago
Nice, I love Audubon articles! I don't know why anyone would read something about bird watching from another source
- throwanem 5y ago
  Cornell Ornithology's "All About Birds" is handy for overviews, and the Sibley guide, published by Knopf, has been my go-to identification resource (in either the paper form or the iOS app) for many years now.
heartbreak 5y ago
One of these locations is not like the others. I wonder if the sighting in Texas was legit.
- Exmoor 5y ago
  When the Texas bird showed up, birders were pretty incredulous. The bird was only seen (and photographed) by a single individual. Once the photos were validated to have actually been taken in the reported location (people have tried to pass off photos from far away locations before), the general feeling was that is was most likely an escaped bird from a zoo or private collection. However, once a Steller's Sea Eagle turned up a few months later in eastern Canada the general feeling changed and the Texas Rare Birds Committee ended up voting that the bird was of natural origin and not an escapee. Interestingly enough, this is not the first time a rare raptor has been seen in Texas and later turned up in the northeast. A couple years ago the first Great Black Hawk ever photographed north of the Mexican border found in south Texas. A few months later a Great Black Hawk was found in Maine. The feather patterns of the Maine bird were compared to the photographs of the Texas bird and it was concluded that they were the same individual. Unfortunately the bird eventually died, apparently unable to cope with Maine's winter weather, but not before it was seen by thousands of people from far and wide.
bullfightonmars 5y ago
The Audubon Society guide books aee excellent. We have one on marine mammals that is really fun to read.