[NatureNS] Arctic eiders

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:13:29 -0300
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All:

In a flock of some 20 Com. Eiders off E. Passage, HRM, this morning,  
there were two rather palish females that came close enough to  
suggest, from their pointed frontal processes (long extensions of the  
bill up the sides of the forecrown - wide and rounded in our local  
dresseri) that they were of the northern (n. QC,  Nunavut) subspecies  
borealis. These should appear here in winter, but I haven't seen them  
for some years.

I couldn't make out the pertinent characteristics of others in the  
flock and took photos in bad light - but not good enough.

Cheers, Ian

Ian McLaren

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