Nick Hawkins / Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, near Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. August

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Michael Quinton / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) prey, Alaska

Tim Zurowski/ BIA / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), British Columbia, Canada

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), western Montana

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) two fighting over fish watched by White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) standing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) landing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Staffan Widstrand / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) Batsfjord village harbour with red reflections on the water, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) on snowy ground, Japan, February

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) close up portrait, Japan, February

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Japan, February

Tim Zurowski / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), British Columbia, Canada

Tim Zurowski / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), British Columbia, Canada

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Montana

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Montana

Espen Bergersen / Male Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) drinking on water with reflections of nearby buildings. Batsfjord, Norway. March.

Thomas Marent / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) flying, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

Thomas Marent / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) group on ice floe, Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) in flight over snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) flying past snowy mountain peak, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) flying, with black background, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Ben Cranke / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) stood on ice floe, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Ben Cranke / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) portrait, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Ben Cranke / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) ducks, males and females, in flight. Norway, March

Eric Baccega / Male Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with a group of females hauled out at a rookery, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Markus Varesvuo,Markus Varesvuo / Flock of Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) in flight, Batsfjord, Norway, March.

MIKE POTTS,Mike Potts / Stellers Eider (Polysticta stelleri) a small group in flight, near Vardo. North Norway, March.

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Brent Stephenson / Steller's Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) resting on rocks above the tideline. Zodiac with tourists watching in the background. The Brothers, Alaska, United States, July.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) male splashing into water. Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) stampede into the water. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, March.

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), western Montana

Nick Garbutt / Steller's sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) on off-shore rocks, near Princess Royal Island, great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, September 2009

David Tipling / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} portrait, Nemuro Channel, Hokkaido, Japan, February

David Tipling / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} adult and immature fighting over carcass, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, February

David Tipling / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} off Rausu, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} sunning on tree top, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} walking over ice, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} flying through snow, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} walking over snow, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} gather beside Kuril Lake with Ilinsky volcano in the background, Kamchatka, Far East Russia, winter 2007

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} about to pick up Sockeye salmon prey in its claws, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} adult and juvenile squabbling over Sockeye salmon prey, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {haliaeetus pelagicus} flying through heavy snow storm, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Three Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} gathered beside Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Two Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} and a Golden eagle {Aquila chrysaetos} Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Two Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} perched in tree, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Steller's sea eagle {Haliaeetus pelagicus} in flight carrying Sockeye salmon in claws, Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, Far East Russia

Shattil & Rozinski / Steller's sealions {Eumetopias jubata} group on haulout on rock, Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Steller's jay {Cyanocitta stelleri} in spruce tree, Alaska, USA.

Michio Hoshino / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) male calling, Alaska

Pete Oxford / Steller's sealions diving into sea {Eumetopias jubata} Commander Is, Russia

David Pike / Steller's sea eagles perched in tree {Haliaeetus pelagicus} Nemuro Straits, Japan

Neil Lucas / Steller's sea eagle head portrait

Oscar Dewhurst / Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) perched on branch. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. September.

John Shaw / Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) perched on branch. British Columbia, Canada, June.

Nick Hawkins / Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, near Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. August

Nick Hawkins / Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, near Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. August

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) in winter, Alaska

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) in snowfall, Alaska

Mark Carwardine / Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) flying, Hokkaido, Japan

Andrew Peacock / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) male with females, Inian Islands, Icy Strait, Alaska

Andrew Peacock / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) group hauled out on rocks, Inian Islands, Icy Strait, Alaska

Andrew Peacock / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) male surfacing, Inian Islands, Icy Strait, Alaska

Olga Kamenskaya / Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) flock flying in the upper reaches of the Lena River. Flock of ducks, Baikalo-Lensky Reserve, Siberia, Russia, September

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) in autumn, Troy, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) in autumn, Troy, Montana

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) sub adult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Tui De Roy / Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish hook, bait and mono filament line embedded in throat, on water with group. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. DEcember.

Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) sub adult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.

Connor Stefanison / Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) perched on a Yellow Cedar (Cupressus nootkatensis), atop Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 12/2014

Tim Zurowski/ BIA / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), British Columbia, Canada

Michael Quinton / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) group on buoy, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) group on buoy, Alaska

Franco Banfi / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), Alaska, United States, North Pacific Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), Alaska, United States, North Pacific Ocean.

Tony Wu / Eastern Steller's sea-lion (Eumetopias jubatus ssp. monteriensis) juvenile, perched on a buoy. Chatham Strait, near Juneau, Alaska.

Sylvain Cordier / Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), immature, Sand island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii

Sylvain Cordier / Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), immature, Sand island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii

Sylvain Cordier / Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), immature, Sand island, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, searching for food, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) passing prey in mid-air, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) with prey in beak in mid-air, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) flying, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

Doug Perrine / Killer whales / Orca (Orcinus orca) residents swim past a mixed colony of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) by Race Rock, off southern Vancouver...

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) head portrait, Hokkaido Japan February