Birding this morning at Hadley Point, the northernmost point of Mount Desert Island, there were at least 1,500 Common Eider. A Bald Eagle flew over and flushed most of them. Scanning the flying flock through my scope, there was a slightly smaller eider showing a gray head and more black above and below than on a male Common Eider: King Eider! The flock landed across Mount Desert Narrows near the boat launch at Lamoine State Park.
Richard MacDonald
The Natural History Center
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Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
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