The VSO considers this duck species a rare find in Virginia. The common eider is described as “a bird of the cold north with ...

Unlike other duck species, female eiders do not feed during the incubation period. This particular behaviour is possibly the result of predation pressure by gulls on eider nests. A luxury resource ...

The VSO considers this duck species a rare find in Virginia. Common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) male / drake in breeding plumage flapping wings along the North Sea coast in winter.