Common Eider
Somateria mollissima · Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Seen
- Saturday 12 July 2008, 16:07
- Where
- Maine, United States
- Bird
- adult female with duckling
- Camera
- Canon EOS 30D · 500 mm · f/4 · 1/350 s · ISO 100
- Heavy wedge-shaped bill with long frontal feathering
- Barred warm-brown plumage
- Bulky body on coastal rockweed
- Downy chick alongside