![]() He describes the details of winter field research: how to find the birds, how to capture them, how to identify them, how to devise Plan B for gathering data when Plan A clearly is inadequate. He recounts the rigorous, snowy conditions of that region’s winter. Owls of the Eastern Ice describes Slaght’s five year stint in the Far East. Maybe work that revealed their basic biology and ecological requirements could be used to save it in the future. Yet, Slaght was interested in research with consequence, “something with broad conservation impact.” The owls, though undisturbed right now, would not remain so. None of this would seem to be promising for a Ph.D. Living in Russia’s Far East, Siberian Tiger habitat, the birds are rare and seldom-seen. They are best located in winter, when they are drawn to open stretches of river, from which they nab small fish, the bulk of their diet. ![]() Slaghtīlakiston’s fish owls are huge, the “size of a fire hydrant” according to researcher Jon Slaght. ![]() ![]() Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan C. ![]()
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