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Index of Subjects Personally I think tight flocking on the water is just something Eiders do. I doubt these lardy sea ducks need to worry about keeping warm. They are well adapted to their usual northern offshore habitat(s). On 2015-03-01, at 2:02 PM, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@EastLink.ca> wrote: > Could they possibly be trying to keep warm? > Paul > On 2015-03-01, at 1:22 PM, nancy dowd wrote: > >> I always thought a "creche" involved adults swimming with a large group of young/immature eiders. Generally a quite large group. Not sure what time of the year would be the norm around here but we saw such a group in The Rackets, off Heckman's Island, Lun Co, early last July. The eiders in your clip appear to be mainly adult males and females which I would not call a "creche". Could be wrong about this though. >> >> This morning we saw a similar tight group of adult male and female Eiders swimming off the shoals in Green Bay, Lun Co. Eiders seem to flock tighter on the water than many other sea ducks. >> >> And a hopeful sign of Spring at Green Bay today was a crow flying overhead carrying nesting material. >> >> Nancy >> On 2015-03-01, at 9:47 AM, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> >>> I was out @ Rainbow Haven on Friday and got an interesting clip of a group of Eiders forming a "creche". Has anyone seen this behaviour in the middle of winter? >>> I have placed the clip in my drop box. >>> (hope you have better luck viewing it than my last effort) >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/rphov0tp70s4aqv/strange%20Eider%20behaviour%20.mov?dl=0 >> >
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