King Eider
“Later that day my wife arrived and quickly proclaimed “There is a King Eider down in Pond Cove!””
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 6 passages, oldest first.
Harlequin Ducks (Two Lights and Fort Williams, Common Eiders, at least one King Eider (Dyer Point), Black and White-winged Scoters (Crescent Beach), Pintails (Ferry Beach), Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-necked Grebes, and numerous Common Loons.
In the first few days of February an elusive drake King Eider was spotted by a few birders between the rocky coastline of Two Lights State Park and Dyer Point.
Later that day my wife arrived and quickly proclaimed “There is a King Eider down in Pond Cove!”
Dovekies, Razorbill and a single drake King Eider were reported around this date as well.
Although we did not see it, a King Eider female (hen) had been previously reported in the vicinity as well.
Many of his carvings are housed at the museum including a life size King Eider drake that he carved for the opening of the museum in 1983.