At the end of Stearns Road, Ogunquit around 3:30 today I noted a large duck near the limit of binocular range on relatively calm water. The duck had black wings and sides, black back, whitish breast and pale greyish head, noticeably short orange bill. I called out to get others on the bird, and then I got it in the scope. In the scope the bird appeared to lack an obvious knob but otherwise looked like a male King Eider. The bird was diving giving three of us brief shared telescope views. While we were excited and sidetracked fruitlessly reviewing various guides for details on the knob development, the bird vanished and couldn't be relocated. The tide was going out quickly while we were there.
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