Wednesday, February 23, 2005

snow duck

does anyone know what kind of duck this is?

is it an eider, by any chance? I saw it a few weeks ago in Duxbury,MA.

2 comments:

benedetta said...

yes, it is a male eider duck, quite common in the South shore. theur favorite food is mussels!

secretlynx said...

thanks Benedetta! he is so beautiful-- there were many couples of them on ice floes that day, I wish I had my binocs!