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Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

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empidonax
empidonax 11 years ago
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima Common Eider, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology


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bbprevas
bbprevas 11 years ago

thanks for the ID help empidonax

empidonax
empidonax 11 years ago

These eiders are in nonbreeding plumage, so they don't look like a lot of the eider images available on the internet.

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Maine, USA

Spotted on Aug 4, 2012
Submitted on Aug 5, 2012

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