Common Eiders tend to nest on marine islands and to form large groups in inshore coastal areas during the nonbreeding season. They dive to pick mollusks and crustaceans from the sea bottom.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Day 184: Common Eider
The Common Eider is the largest duck in the Northern Hemisphere. They are distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America, and eastern Siberia. They breed in the Arctic and winter farther south in more temperate areas, and we saw several earlier this year on Maryland's eastern shore.
Common Eiders tend to nest on marine islands and to form large groups in inshore coastal areas during the nonbreeding season. They dive to pick mollusks and crustaceans from the sea bottom.
Common Eiders tend to nest on marine islands and to form large groups in inshore coastal areas during the nonbreeding season. They dive to pick mollusks and crustaceans from the sea bottom.
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