Image of Common eider

Description:

Male & female from a flock of a dozen or so, right off the jetty near Cape May Point. Bonus on our trip down to see the Ivory Gull. Crummy shot in failing light, but I figure it's the best I'm likely to get. Walked out to near the end of the jetty for it; had to stop when it got too slippery. Not quite a life bird for me, but the one previous sighting was far from satisfying -- a lone female at Barnegat, so far out that it took quite a lot of squinting thru binocs to even be sure of the ID.