Eagle On the Edge - Living in the forbidding terrain of Russia's Far East, Steller's sea eagle may be the most impressive raptor you've never heard of

International Wildlife, Sept-Oct, 2000 by Lucille Craft

The scientist recalls dusk on Kuril Lake, when the wintry winds had subsided and the lake's resident symphony began its overture: the cawing of ravens and eagles, the trumpeting of swans and the gentle splashing of salmon.

For a few sublime moments, Ladyguin felt he and Olga were a modern-day Adam and Eve. Unlike his Biblical counterparts, however, Ladyguin is painfully aware that for the sake of its larger-than-life eagles, this Garden of Eden must be defended.

Lucille Craft is a Tokyo-based correspondent for U.S. public radio and television.