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Nature Notes: Common Eider

Nature Notes: Common Eider

Ed Robinson
December 28, 2012
Nature Notes

Now that winter is here, welcome back one of Harpswell’s more spectacular birds. The largest duck in Maine is known as the “common eider” (somateria mollisima) to distinguish it from the more unusual king and spectacled eiders, but there is nothing common about these beauties. A full grown adult can reach 28″ long, with a… Read more