Common Eider

Identification: Note the wedge-shaped head with long grayish bill, the heavy body (our largest sea duck) and the rusty brown plumage of the female. The immature male is similar in shape but has a white chest and white on the back.

copyright Allen Bryan 2010
copyright Allen Bryan 2010

Female- Oregon Inlet, Dare County, N.C.
December 28, 2007

Female- Oregon Inlet, Dare County, N.C.
December 28, 2007