Steller's Sea Eagle by Ken _Gilliland
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Description
The Steller's Sea Eagle is unmistakeable with it's massive beak and strongly contrasting white on the lesser and median upper-wing coverts. In Russian, the eagle has been called morskoi orel (sea eagle), pestryi morskoi orel (mottled sea eagle) or beloplechii orlan (white-shouldered eagle). In Japanese, it is called 0-washi (large eagle or great eagle).
It's breeding range extends from the Kamchatka Peninsula, the coastal area around the Sea of Okhotsk, the lower reaches of the Amur River and on northern Sakhalin and the Shantar Islands, Russia.
It feeds mainly feeds on fish. Their favored prey in river habitats are salmon and trout.
There are less than 5,000 mature eagles left with a declining population thread. Despite being legally protected, being classified as a National Treasure in Japan and mostly occurring in protected areas in Russia, many threats to their survival persist. These mainly include habitat alteration, industrial pollution, and over fishing, which in turn decrease their prey source. It was observed that recent heavy flooding, which may have been an effect of global climate change, caused almost complete nesting failure for the eagles nesting in Russian rivers due to completely hampering the ability of the parents to capture the fish essential to their nestlings' survival. Persecution of the bird in Russia continues, due to its habit of stealing furbearers from trappers. Due to a lack of other accessible prey in some areas, increasingly, eagles on Hokkaido have moved inland and scavenged on sika deer carcasses left by hunters, exposing them to a risk of lead poisoning through ingestion of lead shot. Many eagles around the world die from lead poisoning (fishing weights and lead ammunition) found in their prey.
Rendered in Poser 2014 GD with no postwork. Models used include: Flink's Skydome, DinoRaul's Trees and Songbird ReMix Birds of Prey Volume 5: Falcons, Hawks & Eagles by me
Comments (8)
Cyve
Fabulous image/composition my friend and fantastic bird also !!!
Greywolf44
It's really too bad that larger animals, especially birds of prey, are most susceptible to mans intrusion on the habitat. The smaller ones seem to adapt more easily. This is a beautiful bird and I just love his coloration. NICE!!!
giulband
Very very beautiful !!!!!
bebopdlx
Beautiful bird.
Kerya
Now that's a beak! Wow! I like the lighting in your picture. And of course your bird! :)
BE
Wonderful render and model!
flavia49
fantastic
adorety
Beautiful bird! Look at that beak! Looks powerful. Awesome work.