Common Eider bird or common duck standing shaking off fur on the... Common Eider bird or common duck standing shaking off fur on the coast of glacier lagoon in Jokulsarlon at Vatnajokull national park ...

A Cape Breton wildlife group is asking the public to be on the lookout for signs of coastal contamination after an oil-soaked sea duck was recently found. Jeff McNeil, president of the Port Morien ...

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 ...

So what makes eiderdown so expensive? Eiderdown is the soft under feathers of the common eider, used to protect it from arctic conditions and freezing cold seas. During the breeding season ...

In its normal range, generally in large flocks, with the brown females and immatures outnumbering the strikingly ornate adult males. South of their main range, single King Eiders may associate with ...

Drakes are easily separated from Common Eider by their large circular white eye patches, with the brown females also showing an impression of this pattern. The world population of Spectacled Eider is ...