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na-bird-of-the-day · 2 months

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BOTD: Common Eider

Photo: Tobias Verfuss

"A big, lethargic, heavy-bodied duck of northern coastlines. Often seen floating offshore in flocks of up to several thousand birds. Sociable in breeding season also, and often nests in colonies. Eider down, famous for its insulating qualities, is used in large amounts in the nest lining of these ducks, helping to keep the eggs warm in frigid northern climates. In some places, such as Iceland, the down is harvested commercially at coastal 'eider farms,' where the wild birds are encouraged to nest in sheltered nooks built for them."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #common eider #birds of north america #north american birds #ducks #waterfowl #eiders #sea ducks #seaducks #birds of the us #birds of canada #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird watching #bird of the day #Somateria mollissima

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antiqueanimals · 1 year

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Two Sea Eagles and an Eider Duck. Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939)

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#birds #raptors #eagles #sea eagles #ducks #eiders #Bruno Liljefors #predation

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vanillaearwig · 5 months

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75 for spotify wrapped!!

From my "going through it" era 😁

#askaskask #eiders #thank u max!!#was also developing some OCs that I've since scrapped for the moment

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aquatic-batt · 1 year

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pixel ducks :]

#I might make more pixel birds tbh but I thought I’d post these two!#eiders #spectacled eider #ducks #wood duck #birds #animals #pixel art #wing prints

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dansnaturepictures · 7 months

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23/09/2023-Some more photos from today of; Collared Dove at home, views at Hill Head and Keyhaven, Eiders and Black-headed Gulls on the walk at Pennington/Keyhaven, the Red-necked Phalarope on Keyhaven lagoon, spider at home and sky including the nice moon at home today. My last post mentions some of the key sightings today with six more of the photos I took today.

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gender-ambiguous-pirate · 10 months

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Least favourite bird? (quizzical, friendly, said with genuine interest)

Thanks so much for the bird ask!

Short answer: blackback seagull

Long answer: when I was a kid, we would sometimes take in orphaned eider ducklings or eggs from birds that had too many. The first year we did this we had 10, I took care of them, gave them food, took them swimming, napped with them et.c. As they got older they stopped coming inside at all, but they still always came and said hi when I went down to the shore. My oldest one was a bit of a brat (affectionate) and stubborn as shit. So when they were all swimming together and a blackback seagull attacked them, he attacked back to protect his siblings. Unfortunately, and eider duckling is no match for a blackback and he was never seen after that.

#ask #the story of why i have a grudge against blackback seagulls #birds #eiders

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sobekc · 1 year

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1. Common Eider

2. Chimney Swift

3. Razorbill

#god eiders look so goddamn stupid #like what is that fleshy stuff above their beak and where does their brain fit #I definitely have a tyoe when it comes to birds #my art #art #animals #birds #eiders #chimney swifts #razorbill

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mmwm · 25 days

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LINK FEST: 2 APRIL 2024

Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. long essay: The Eider Keepers: An age-old tradition in Norway illuminates the bonds between wild ducks, wild places, and the people who care for both (Devon Fredericksen & Pål Hermansen/Hakai magazine). About a 20-min read: In the Vega Archipelago of…

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#Berthe Morisot #CMBG #ducks #eiderdown #eiders #English gardens #FIP Radio #French radio #Great Dixter #grief #Julie Manet #layering plants #link fest #linkfest #links #music #native plants #Norway #spring

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starstruklynna · 26 days

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Basking eiders

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#A day in the life #birds #coastal sunrise #eiders #Life in Midcoast Maine #MidCoast Maine #Midcoast Maine spring #Midcoast Maine sunrise #photography #Spring #WYSIWYG

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amnhnyc · 2 months

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Have you ever seen the Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri)? During breeding season, males sport green plumage in a pattern that's reminiscent of glasses. While this doesn't make their vision sharper, it does help males stand out from the crowd.For the rest of the year, they revert to mottled-brown plumage, similar to females, which have more subdued spectacles year-round. This duck is unique in that it lives in the frigid high Arctic. It sustains itself on a diet of mostly mollusks and crustaceans, diving to pluck prey from the ocean floor.

Photo: Olaf Oliviero Riemer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

#science #nature #natural history #animals #birds #ornithology #ducks #spectacled eider #water fowl #cool animals #did you know #fact of the day #arctic #glasses

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herpsandbirds · 1 month

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