{"id":389,"date":"2026-04-08T19:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/389\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:48:24","slug":"how-sea-eagles-survive-winter-in-hokkaido-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/389\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sea Eagles Survive Winter in Hokkaido, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/p>\n

\n How sea eagles survive winter in Hokkaido, Japan\n <\/p>\n

\n Learn about Steller’s sea eagle and the white-tailed sea eagle.\n <\/p>\n

\n Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz\n <\/p>\n

Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n

Learn about Steller’s sea eagle and the white-tailed sea eagle.<\/p>\n

Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n

A family of meerkats being hunted by an eagle and a jackal.<\/p>\n

Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n

Learn about the red-crowned cranes in Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, eastern Hokkaido, Japan.<\/p>\n

Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n

Watch a Steller’s sea eagle and a golden eagle compete for scarce resources in Russia’s frozen Kamchatka Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Contunico \u00a9 ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz<\/p>\n

Steller’s sea eagles battling red-crowned cranes for food on Hokkaido island, Japan.<\/p>\n

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Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) soaring.<\/p>\n

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Steller’s sea eagles competing for food on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. <\/p>\n

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A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) taking flight and capturing a rabbit.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tWinter in Hokkaido, Japan\u2019s most northerly island. <\/p>\n

Steller\u2019s sea eagle, one of the world\u2019s largest raptors, with a wingspan of nearly three meters. There are no more than 5,000 of these magnificent birds worldwide and nearly half the population congregates on the sea ice here each winter. <\/p>\n

They share their wintering grounds with another eagle. White-tailed eagles have also migrated here from Russia\u2019s far east. The hungry migrants have assembled on the pack ice around Japan\u2019s coasts in the hope of food. The winters are harsh here, but the seas are rich in fish, particularly cod. The eagles will spend the next six months fishing in the shallow waters, surviving on a diet of fish and carrion. <\/p>\n

Eagles are proficient hunters. The powerful hooked beak and long talons are specialist tools for seizing prey and tearing flesh. And their keen vision is four times better than ours, so that they can detect a fish in water from hundreds of feet above. <\/p>\n

The adaptable crows, have their own way of getting a share of the bounty. But on the water, it is clear there is only one way to secure a meal.<\/p>\n

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