King Eider
| Somateria spectabilis | Order: Anseriformes | Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl) |
Somateria spectabilis
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)
This exceptional bird breeds up on the tundra and mostly winters on the coasts of Alaska and the north Atlantic. Individual vagrants have appeared here and there in the interior of the continent during migration. I saw it in Duluth in December during my Big Year. I saw some in Nome in 2022, but at too great a distance to get photos of the males’ stunning breeding plumage.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Spring Update: Too Much Windy 2023
- Alaska, Part 4: Birding the Nome-Council Road 2022
- Review: National Geographic field guide, Seventh Edition 2017
- Where the Boids Are 2003
- Gambling 2000
- Chasing a King Eider (reworked from 1990) 1998
- King Eider (Placeholder) 1993
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1992
- King Eider 1990
- Sea Ducks 1988
- Wild Eider Chase 1988
- Autumn's End 1988