Steller's sea eagle in flight in Georgetown on Friday. Photo by Heidi Murphy
Birders watch a Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday. The eagle, which usually lives in Asia and Russia, is the first seen in Maine, and likely the first to be seen in the Lower 48 states. It drew hundreds of birders from Maine and New England.
The Steller's sea eagle spotted Friday approaches for landing. Photo by Luke Seitz
Heidi Murphy drove to Maine from Massachusetts early Friday catch a glimpse of the Steller's sea eagle. She said she took up birding during the pandemic. Photo by Heidi Murphy
Linda Cunningham smiles as she photographs the Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday.
Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown. Photo by Doug Hitchcox
Oskar Mattes of Deer Isle, left, and Nellie Haldane of Blue Hill try to spot a Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday. The bird had been spotted near Five Islands pier the day before and was later spotted just a few miles north of the harbor.
Nellie Haldane, of Blue Hill, third from right, and Oskar Mattes, of Deer Isle, left of Haldane, try to spot a Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday. Mattes said the bird was spotted just minutes from where he goes to college in Massachusetts, but he was already back in Maine for the holiday break. When he heard it was spotted in Maine he knew he had to drive down to try to see it.
Doug Hitchcox, a staff naturalist at Maine Audubon, looks on his GPS to see where exactly the bird was spotted in Georgetown on Friday. Hitchcox let others know where to go and they all rushed off to try to catch a glimpse of the Steller’s sea eagle.
The Stellar's sea eagle glides low across the water Friday as birders watched from a midcoast Maine shore. Photo by Luke Seitz
Matthew Gilbert, 17, looks through his scope at a Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday. Gilbert was the first one to spot the eagle on Friday morning. He and a few others broke off from the pack near Five Islands and spotted the bird from the end of Moore’s Turnpike road, then alerted the other birders who made their way there. Gilbert said he has always been interested in birds, but it wasn’t until a few years ago when he really became serious about birding.
Birders try to spot a Steller's sea eagle in Georgetown on Friday.
Birders rush back to their cars after hearing news that the Steller's sea eagle was spotted just a few miles north of where they were in Georgetown on Friday.
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