
Rare sea eagle from Asia spotted thousands of miles from home in Massachusetts
CNN
Birdwatchers are flocking to a Massachusetts state park in hopes of getting a glimpse of a rare Steller's sea eagle -- an enormous raptor that is native to eastern Russia and parts of Asia.
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife said in a Facebook post that the bird was first spotted last week along the Taunton River -- thousands of miles from its normal habitat. It's unclear how it got there, but wildlife officials said it is likely that this is the same eagle that has been spotted in Alaska and Canada.
"No one knows for sure why it got lost in the first place. It could have been caught up in a storm blowing it off course, or simply a basic navigational error by the bird," the post said. "It is a very lost bird, and no one is sure if it will ever return to its normal range."

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