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Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology, Vol. 36, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 234-239 (6 pages) In a study of adult Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) females in northeastern England, ...

Cherished and respected by mankind for centuries, supremely adapted for life in cold northern waters and the subject of some of the very earliest conservation measures in the world, the Common Eider ...

Robert S. Suydam, D. Lynne Dickson, Janey B. Fadely and Lori T. Quakenbush King (Somateria spectabilis) and Common Eiders (S. mollissima v-nigra) wintering off western North America migrate past Point ...

Winter is a great time to go to the beach. You won’t find much warm sand but will find a wonderful array of sea birds. Case in point, last week I decided to head to the coast to look for sea ducks.

Having served in groups such as 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Badgerlore and Deerhoof, Rob Fisk has never been one to shy away from exploring the dusky depths of the noise spectrum. His latest experiment, ...

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NEWBURYPORT — Parker River National Wildlife Refuge biologists are asking sea duck hunters to help with a common eider study. We would like hunters to bag the digestive tract of common eiders and ...

They’re eiders, Sarah, The ducks you are seeing are Common Eiders. They could also be scoters, which are ducks, too, but since I haven’t written about eiders for a while, I’m going with them. Besides, ...