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KING EIDER

KING EIDER

The king eider is found throughout the Arctic. It breeds on the Arctic coast of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia, using a variety of tundra habit...
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The king eider is found throughout the Arctic. It breeds on the Arctic coast of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia, using a variety of tundra habitats. It winters in arctic and subarctic marine habitats forming in some cases flocks that exceed a 100,000 birds. This one was photographed in the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska.
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Seward, Alaska, US

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Aug, 2022

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