Federal government biologists say they will expand their monitoring of common eider ducks in Canada's North, as concerns escalate over avian cholera in northern bird colonies.

The common eider is a sea duck that nests in colonies on islands along the North American coast from Maine to Labrador, and in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec.

Expand A male eider duck (Somateria mollissima), common to the north of Ireland on coastlines from Strangford Lough to Streedagh in Co Sligo By Stephen Colton January 16, 2016 at 1:00am GMT ...

The male Eider – the drake – is a very striking bird indeed. His body is largely white, with a contrasting black belly, sides and rear end, and with a delicate salmon-pink wash on his chest.

The Common Eider is a large sea duck, which is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but ...

Diana J. Hamilton, Feeding Behavior of Common Eider Ducklings in Relation to Availability of Rockweed Habitat and Duckling Age, Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology, Vol. 24, No.

THIS is how eider ducks get their lunch. The common eider (Somateria mollissima) flocks to the Norwegian coast in winter to surf the waves and feed in the protected bays and fjords. Pål Hermansen ...

For years, the common eider duck was one of our relatively scarce seabirds and is still included on the UK’s Amber List which sets down species that are of European concern.

Jean-Michel A. DeVink, H. Grant Gilchrist, Antony W. Diamond, Effects of Water Salinity on Growth and Survival of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) Ducklings (Effets de la Salinité de l'eau sur la ...

The common eider duck could disappear in less than 15 years if controls aren't put on the harvest of the birds in Greenland, Canadian researchers warn. According to Canadian wildlife biologists ...