A rock jetty going out into the Atlantic Ocean. Stormy weather, muted colors.

Rafts and rafts and rafts of scoters are out there. #birds #seaducks #atlanticocean #eastcoast

A raft of Harlequin Ducks in Maine. #birds #seaducks

Male & Female Eider off our local prom this afternoon.
#morecambe #eider #seaducks #flying #birdsinflight #birds #lancashire #morecambebay #nikonz9 #nikonz600mmTC #nature #wildlife

Save the Date for iCDUX8!! Visit us at seaduckconference.org for more information. #seaducks

Black Scoters: #MarginalWay #Ogunquit #Maine 2/26 #Sony a7CR #Tamron 150-500 cropped to ~1000mm eq.fov Program #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #nature #ducks #seaducks #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature

#seaducks #birds #birdwatching #scoter #ducks

So happy to spot these adorable bufflehead sea ducks on my walk today. They warmed me up in 11 degree weather. #buffleheads #seaducks

Rob’s @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdoftheDay theme today is #TwoOfAKind -
Here are two sea ducks that I cropped from a photo showing the entire family- had to include it as well, as they stole my heart! 😂 #birds #seaducks #photography
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A pair of Falkland's steamer ducks on a kelp bed at New Island one of the Falkland Islands #ducks #steamerducks #seaducks #flightlessbirds #birds #falklandislands #nature #wildlife #sea #kelp #southatlantic #newisland #intertidal

Female common eider

A female common eider just off the coast of southern Maine. We saw dozens of these sea ducks just about everywhere we went along the coast in September.

#commoneider #eiders #seaducks #birds #birdphotography #photographersofbluesky

Double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) and bufflehead (Bucephala albeola). San Benito County, California.
#birds
#wildlife
#cormorants
#phalacrocoracids
#seaducks
#anatids
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A pair of Falkland's steamer ducks at Rookery Bay, Falkland Islands #ducks #steamerducks #seaducks #flightlessbirds #birds #falklandislands #nature #wildlife #sea #rookerybay #southatlantic

A landscape style photo of a brown sea duck swimming in shallow coastal waters with three small ducklings

A portrait style photo of a brown sea duck flapping her wings on a rock above shallow coastal waters with three small ducklings in a huddle next to her.

A portrait style photo of a brown sea duck standing on a large pale pinkish rock in very shallow coastal waters. There is a small dark duckling to the top right of the photo above her away from the water.

A portrait style photo of a brown sea duck swimming in shallow, rocky coastal waters with a small dark duckling following her on her left.

Can anyone with better bird knowledge than me confirm this is a Common Scoter or not, please? Haven't seen this species before, I think @rspb.bsky.social #Birds #UK_Birds #Ducks #SeaDucks

Marching Falklands steamer duck on the elephant seal beach, Sea Lion Island, Falklands #falklandislands #sealionisland #birds #ducks #waterfowl #nature #southatlantic #rspb #wildlife #falklandssteamerduck #flightlessbirds #seaducks

Hi gang, do Eider Ducks relay a clutch if they lose the first early enough? I can't remember and don't have my Eider duck book to hand
#seaducks #ducks #eider #ornithology

#birds #shorebirds #semipalmatedplover #ducks #seaducks #harlequin #pacific

The image was taken at Reid State Park with my Canon T2i Rebel, equip with Canon EF 75mm - 300mm lens, with 2x Converter and CPL Filter. ISO 3200 600mm f/14 1/400s

The Common Eider ( Somateria Mollissima )

The stocky sea duck was shaking its head after briefly diving under.

#Photography #Birds #SeaDucks #Canon #SomateriaMollissima #CommonEider #CanonT2i #Maine

Harlequin Ducks - Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #seaducks #waterfowl #cannonbeachor

Surf Scoter
Carmel, CA
#bird #birds #surfscoter #duck #ducks #seaducks #seabirds #carmel #california

Those Eiders are incredibly beautiful, Brian. #SeaDucks

Surf & Black Scoters seen on my walk this morning
#birds 🦉 #BlueSkyBirders 🦋 #Scoters #SeaDucks #wildlifephotography 📸 🇨🇦

Turn UP the volume to listen to the WHISTLING male black scoters.

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2 Male and 2 female Eider ducks in the water, with puffins, and silhouettes of other seabirds flying in the background - in front of Coquet Island

Eiders off Coquet Island - colour linocut by Suffolk artist, Penny Berry Paterson (1941-2021)

I love this one...

#CuddyDucks #birds #art #seaducks

This Common Eider really enjoyed this crab the other day. Eiders must remove the legs and claws before they are able to swallow. They do this by beating the crab against the water.

#maine #mainephotography #birdphotography #seaducks #photography #seabirds #ocean #thewaylifeshouldbe

Surf Scoter doing a little stretch before diving for more tasty Brooklyn mollusks #birds #birdsNYC #birding #seaducks

Severe declines in numbers of male American Common Eiders Somateria mollissima dresseri during spring counts over the past two decades in the southwestern Bay of Fundy, Canada | Gutowsky | Wildfowl Severe declines in numbers of male American Common Eiders Somateria mollissima dresseri during spring counts over the past two decades in the southwestern Bay of Fundy, Canada

New paper out in the journal #wildfowl - #eiders in the Bay of Fundy show alarming #declines over the past 20 yrs
#seaducks
#conservation
#marine
#northatlantic

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A photo of Julia Baak holding a black guillemot. All birds were handled with the proper permits, training, and care.

I made it to Bluesky!

My name is Julia Baak and I am a #Conservation #Biologist with #Environment and #ClimateChange Canada, based in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut.

I focus on #Arctic #seabird #ecology, specifically monitoring the abundance and distribution of seabirds and #seaducks in the #Canadian Arctic!

Hooded mergansers near the float homes along North Vancouver’s Spirit Trail #birds #seaducks

Late autumn #bufflehead #seaducks resting under a sky of grey - #Sooke Basin is in the middle of the #migratory corridor where the seasonal visitors stop in for snacks