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Common Eider (pair)

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44.3217, -68.1865

Field Notes

Description:

Looks like a female common eider with male in eclipse plumage?
Far away and my camera did the best it could. :(

Habitat:

Rocky shoreline of Acadia National Park

Notes:

also nearby - males in eclipse plumage

Reference Links:

Facts about Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima), Common Eider

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PublishedAugust 6, 2012

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