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	Common Eider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea-duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia.
		The eider's nest is built close to the sea and is lined with the celebrated eiderdown, plucked from the female's breast.
		Because St. Cuthbert is the patron saint of Northumberland, it was natural that the eider should be chosen as the county's emblem bird-species; the birds are still often called Cuddy's ducks in the area, "Cuddy" being the familiar form of "Cuthbert".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Eider (397 words)

	Common Eider: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large sea duck[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
		A particularly famous colony of Eiders is the one on the Farne Islands Farne Islands quick summary:
		The common goldeneye (bucephala clangula) is a medium sized sea duck of the genus bucephala, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/common_eider.htm (1019 words)

	Eiders: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Common eiders often nest in colonies along the coast, on barrier islands, and sand spits.
		The common eider (male) is the only eider with a fl cap extending to the forehead and around the eye and divided on the crown by a white streak originating from the hind neck.
		Common eiders nest near driftwood or clumps of grass on barrier islands, sandy beaches, and on islands in tundra ponds, often in association with gull colonies.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/eiders.php (2202 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Common Eider
		Common Eiders breed along much of the coast of northern North America, south to Maine in the east and south to the Alaska Peninsula in the west.
		Eiders feed during the day by diving to the bottom in waters from 3 to 20 m deep to take mussels, clams, scallops, sea urchins, starfish, and crabs, which are swallowed whole and crushed in the large gizzard.
		Common Eiders breed mainly on small offshore marine islands or isolated spits and points that are free of mammalian predators.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=38 (2519 words)

	Como Zoo - Common Eider Duck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Eider Duck is a specialized diving duck found in the Arctic and subarctic.
		Common Eiders are chunky, football-shaped ducks with distinctive long, sloping head profiles.
		The common eider's color pattern is the reverse of most aquatic birds - they have fl bellies with white backs.
	www.comozooconservatory.org /zoo/eiderduck.html (409 words)

	Migration of Common Eider - Environment Canada
		The Pacific race of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima v nigra) nests in western and central arctic Canada, and winters west of the continent.
		Between 1976 and 1996, the Pacific Common Eider experienced a population decline of more than 50 percent, for reasons that are unknown.
		Common Eiders spend most of their life at sea, coming ashore only briefly each year to produce young.
	www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca /nature/migratorybirds/eider/index.en.html (170 words)

	Eider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria.
		Steller's Eider, despite its name, is in a different genus.
		The three species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern hemisphere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eider (67 words)

	All About Birds
		A colorful duck of the northern seacoasts, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the Northern Hemisphere.
		The Pacific form of the Common Eider is distinct genetically and morphologically from the other forms, and may be a different species.
		Mother Common Eiders lead their young to water, and often are accompanied by nonbreeding hens that participate in chick protection.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Eider.html (212 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		Eiders are best known for their down -- very soft feathers plucked from the breast of the female.
		Only eiders in the Arctic are strongly migratory; in the warmer parts of their range they may remain near the breeding grounds all year.
		Since the persecution of eiders ended after the turn of the century, there has been a spectacular increase along the Maine coast, and they are once again nesting there in large numbers.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0424 (160 words)

	Somateria mollissima - Eider à duvet - Common Eider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Strictly oceanic, Common Eiders nest on the islands and coasts of northern Canada, from the Yukon in the west, the southern part of Ellesmere Island in the north, to the eastern and southern Maritimes.
		The Common Eider is spread out across several islands and nests in very tightly packed colonies in the St. Lawrence estuary.
		In the 18th century, the Common Eider was hunted for its valuable down.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Birds/MSS/Anglais/eduvet.htm (342 words)

	Common Eider \| Nature Notes \| Ducks Unlimited Canada
		Common eider numbers are in decline throughout their range in Canada.
		This ocean-going diving duck, one of the three eider species found in Canada, is the most numerous of all eiders.
		Common eiders can thrive in arctic winters but only if they have open water in which to feed.
	www.ducks.ca /resource/general/naturenotes/eider.html (151 words)

	Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) are large sea ducks that breed from Maine north to the Arctic.
		Common Eiders nest on Eastern Egg Rock but are hard to see there.
		Eider down used to be very valuable for use in down clothing for humans and was collected from the nests during incubation.
	www.projectpuffin.org /virtual/eider.html (210 words)

	Common Eider, Somateria mollissima
		Rather mysteriously during a spell of calm over-cast weather at the beginning of November 1993 a remarkable inland arrival of eiders was reported both locally and at reservoirs in the Midlands.
		I first became familiar with fleets of eiders cruising in any weather off the coast of Northumberland.
		Elsewhere in Norfolk, two eiders visited the flooded pits at Colney, together with singles on Rockland Broad and Wells boating lake.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/eider.htm (265 words)

	Common Eider - A pale gray female
		Most birds in the eider flock were relatively still, but the pale bird was actively swimming around among the flock which soon drifted out of sight behind some trees.
		The eider flock was closer there but still drifting with the current.
		I snapped a bunch of digital photos through my scope, but the gray eider was asleep and the photos are all blurred by movement of the camera or scope.
	personal.nbnet.nb.ca /maryspt/observ/GrayEiderF.html (1309 words)

	Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
		If eiders were there, these hunters would see them.
		People only spoke of the female Common Eiders that they see nesting and, after mid-July, see on the near shore with their little ones.
		Common Eiders probably nest close to the buildings to get away from the foxes.
	www.taiga.net /wmac/aklavikreport/eider.html (526 words)

	CWS-Québec - Québec Management Plan for the Common Eider
		The Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) is a sea duck typical of northern seacoasts.
		The Québec Common Eider Management Plan, under the auspices of The Eastern Habitat Joint Venture - Québec was developed by four partners: The Canadian Wildlife Service, Québec Region, the Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Québec Region and the Société Duvetnor Ltée.
		Its primary objective is to insure habitat protection and population growth of the Common Eider in the St. Lawrence.
	www.qc.ec.gc.ca /faune/faune/html/PlanEiderComplet/eider_plan.htm (575 words)

	Somateria mollissima
		The male Eider can be identified at any range as he is the only British duck which is whitish at the front and on his back.
		The female, however, is dull brown, not unlike a Mallard, but can be identified by her bulky size, heavy body and a curiously triangular head shape due to the long gentle slope from the top of the head to the tip of the big beak.
		There is a spectacular passage of Eider through the Baltic in early April with up to 100,000 per day counted at sites such as Beijershamn on Oland.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Somateria_mollissima.htm (296 words)

	Nokieksel :: encyclopedia : Eider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		De Eider is de gröttste Stroom vun Sleswig-Holsteen.
		He schrifft ok, dat de Dithmarscher, de he Tedmarsgoi naamt, glieks an de Küst twüschen Eider un Elv seten un dat ehr Moderkark in Meldörp is. Ok dat glieks blangen de Eider en Bischop in Pahlen seet, wat dormals Palmis heet.
		De Eider kümmt ut den Bothkamper See un geiht denn na Noorden an Bordesholm un Flintbek vörbi bet na den Süüdwesten vun Kiel.
	low-saxon.encyclopedia.st /Eider (215 words)

	Common Eider Satellite Telemetry Maps
		These maps include daily locations of common eiders during autumn migration from the North Slope, Alaska until reaching wintering areas.
		This map includes the primary 2001-2002 winter locations of 13 Pacific common eiders marked in July on barrier islands off the North Slope Alaska.
		by Pacific Common Eiders marked on the North Slope, AK This map includes the primary spring (April - June) 2002 locations of seven Pacific common eiders marked in July 2001on barrier islands off the North Slope Alaska.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/seaducks/sat_telem_coei_maps.htm (193 words)

	Natural Born Birder - Skogsøy - Common Eider
		Common Eider are one of the commonest birds all year round at Skogsøy, the graph below includes the birds seen on the sea so much of the complicated movements this species makes are obscured.
		Suffice it to say that there seems to be evidence that populations from further south (the Baltic?) may pass south again during the Spring (late March).
		The blue line shows number of visits, the orange one the number of visits when Eider have been recorded and the green one shows the average numbers I have recorded in any three day period.
	www.naturalbornbirder.com /skogsoey/species/eider.php (168 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Common Eider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Remarks Eiders are strong, heavily built ducks that live along our coasts throughout the year.
		Seeming to scorn the protection afforded by inland bays and harbours, they resort in fall and winter to the waters off the outer islands and exposed headlands, where they feed by diving.
		At such times it is not unusual to see one or more females followed by a group of young made up of several broods, suggesting that the care and responsibility for their safety is being shared.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0067.htm (447 words)

	Common Eider at Crescent City, California
		Almost immediately, I saw the Common Eider flying to the north from Battery Point, in the direction of Castle Rock.
		This is the first confirmed record of Common Eider for California.
		A female eider seen off Fort Point, San Francisco, 12 December 1982, was reported as a Common Eider, but published as an "apparent female King Eider" (Am.
	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us /~jmorlan/coei070704.htm (865 words)

	Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
		The Common Eider is from the order Anseriformes.
		The Common Eider was first reported by Linnaeus, 1758.
		The Common Eider is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /commoneider.php (216 words)

	Common Eider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Common eiders and spectacled eiders are the only ducks in North America with fl bellies and white backs.
		The male king eider is similar, but it has a more prominent orange bill shield (“nose”), and it’s back is more fl than white.
		Be sure to check local regulations for hunting or trapping information on this species.
	homestudy.ihea.com /wildlifeID/113commoneider.htm (65 words)

	Department of Psychology \| Graduate Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A large scale interdisciplinary NSERC Strategic Research Project in collaboration with the University of Manitoba, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Newfoundland fishers is directed at the ecology of capelin, the primary forage fish of large vertebrate predators in the Northwest Atlantic.
		(2004) Recent population increases in Common Eiders breeding in Labrador.
		(2002) Scale-dependent associations of predators and prey: constraints imposed by flightlessness of Common Murres during the pre- and post-breeding periods.
	dogsbody.psych.mun.ca /brochure/faculty/bios/montevecchi.html (1312 words)

	Common eider Identification tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Immature male Common Eider has a dark bill while the immature male King Eider has an orange bill.
		Female King and Common Eiders are very similar but note the barring on the flanks; linear in Common, arrow-shaped in King.
		King Eiders have steeper foreheads than Commons and the feathering on the bill is different-in the Common Eider it extends farther from the side of the bill toward the nostril and less far down the forehead than the King.
	www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov /id/htmid/h1600id.html (112 words)

	Cultural Resources of Cape Krusenstern National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Walrus are not common, but are taken if and when they do appear.
		A variety of ducks, geese, grebes and loons nest in the monument including the mallard duck, green-winged teal, common eider, fl scoter, red-breasted merganser, Canada and snow goose, horned and red-necked grebes, and the common, yellow-billed and arctic loons.
		Seabird colonies house the long-tailed jaeger, common murre, arctic tern and glaucous gull.
	www.nps.gov /akso/akarc/cr_cakr.htm (3429 words)

	'Common Eider,' John James Audubon Print/Poster, Size: 11 inches x 17 inches - SHOP.COM
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p39838999 (164 words)

	Pacific Common Eider
		This painting was my first state duck stamp painting.
		It features the Pacific race of the common eider.
		This stamp was chosen by Bob Dumaine (a known duck stamp authority) as his favorite stamp design for 2000 in The Duck Report” journal.
	www.adamgrimm.com /prints/commoneider.html (129 words)

	Common Eider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A first California record of Common Eider was found by Chuck and Barbara Vaughn in Crescent City, California on July 5th, 2004.
		The bird was up to 1/2 mile away, so heat waves caused the focus to shift throughout shooting.
		The first scene in the file shows the Eider working along the edge of far distant rocks under overcast skies.
	www.petrels.com /coei.htm (245 words)

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