Summary[edit] Description: English: Dresser's Common Eider (Somateria mollissima ssp. dresseri). Subspecies of bird. Date: 5 March 2018. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/60750011. Author: David McCorquodale. Camera location46° 13′ 45.34″ N, 60° 02′ 40.6″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 46.229260; -60.044610. Image shared by iNaturalist.ca user: dbmcc09 Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue. : This image was originally posted to iNaturalist by dbmcc09 at https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/60750011. It was reviewed on 24 October 2021 by INaturalistReviewBot and found to be published under the terms of the Cc-by-4.0 license.
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Summary[edit] Description: A female eider duck trying to swim away from my camera in Freeport, Maine's icy harbor. Date: 21 January 2015, 14:12. Source: Eider Duck. Author: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA.
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Summary[edit] Description: This and the previous photo were taken in Harpswell, Maine on Bailey Island. The Common Eider (pronounced /ˈaɪ.dər/) (Somateria mollissima) is a large (50–71 cm body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on coastal waters. It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h (70 mph). The eider's nest is built close to the sea and is lined with the celebrated eiderdown, plucked from the female's breast. This soft and warm lining has long been harvested for filling pillows and quilts, but in more recent years has been largely replaced by down from domestic farm-geese and synthetic alternatives. Although eiderdown pillows or quilts are now a rarity, eiderdown harvesting continues and is sustainable, as it can be done after the ducklings leave the nest with no harm to the birds. This species dives for crustaceans and molluscs, with mussels being a favoured food. The eider will eat mussels by swallowing them whole; the shells are then crushed in their gizzard and excreted. When eating a crab, the Eider will remove all of its claws and legs, and then eat the body in a similar fashion. (Wikipedia). Date: 3 May 2014, 10:04. Source: Common Eider Ducks. Author: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA.