Common eider duck

Common eider (Somateria mollissima) female portrait, down is collected from wild ducks on Lanan Island, Vega Archipelago, Norway June.

COMMON EIDER - . . . Somateria mollissima . . . northern coasts of Europe, North America, E Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters . . . Photo: Glenn Bartley

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

....Photographed in October and November of this year :sm24: :sm24:

The common eider population is dropping in Maritime Canada and New England. Canadian and American biologists are working together to find out why.

The king eider is a sea duck that lives in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters and gets its common name from the intricate color patterns on its head.

Common Eider males