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Length--18-19 in. Weight--1¾ lbs. The trailing legs and...

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Length--21 Weight--2 lbs. Gadwalls are most numerous in...

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Length--24-25 in. Weight--3¼ - 3¾ lbs. These are sea ge...

Ruddy
Length--15½ in. Weight--1-1/3 lbs. The ruddy duck often...

Common Eider
Length--23½ in. Weight--5 lbs. Thick-necked stocky bird...

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Length--16 Weight--15 oz. Their small size and twisting...

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Snow Geese
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Most ducks shed their body feathers twice each year. Nearly...

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Bufflehead
Length--14½ in. Weight--1 lb. Stragglers migrate south ...

Red-breasted Merganser
Length--23 in. Weight--2½ lbs. These birds winter most ...

Surf Scoter
Length--19½ in. Weight--2 lbs. Like all scoters, these ...

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Common Eider








Length--23½ in.
Weight--5 lbs.

Thick-necked stocky birds, alternately flapping and sailing in flight;
flocks string out in a line, close to the water. Occurs in the United
States chiefly along New England coasts and occasionally south to New
Jersey.

Other eiders--king, spectacled and Stellar's--occur in Alaska and are
not pictured in this guide. King eiders occasionally are found in north
Atlantic coastal waters.





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