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裸露出初雪般洁白的肩膀,一只斯泰勒海雕从容地抖动了几下翅膀,便腾空而起。在俄罗斯堪察加半岛南端的KURILSKOYE 湖畔,越冬的斯泰勒海雕在大多数日子里都栖息在树上,要么是在耐心等待被海浪冲上岸滩的鱼儿,要么是在慢慢消化残留肚中的食物。当一只成年海雕忽然飞离树梢,倾斜着身体优美地飞过我的头顶时,我才生平第一次意识到它是多么的大。一只成熟的海雕在展开双翅时,从翼尖到翼尖的跨度可达9英尺,它的体重可达20磅,
Exposed to the snow-white shoulders, a Steller sea eagle calmly fluttered a few wings, it erected. At KURILSKOYE Lake, at the southern tip of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the wintering Steller’s Sea Eagles perch on trees for most of the day, either fish waiting patiently for waves to hit shore beaches, or dipping slowly In the food. When an adult sea eagle suddenly flew off the treetops and tilted gracefully over my head, I realized for the first time in my life how big it was. A mature sea eagle spreads its wings up to nine feet spanning from wingtip to wingtip with a body weight of up to 20 pounds,