The common eider is a sea duck that nests in colonies on islands along the North American coast from Maine to Labrador, and in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in Québec. Eiderdown feathers cling ...

From the rocky shores around Amble to the sheltered waters of the Coquet Estuary, Eider ducks – known locally as “Cuddy Ducks ...

American duck hunters are starting to flock to Greenland in search of the prized king eider. Somewhere between Iceland and the fictitious kingdom of Westeros sits the land that time forgot. On a map ...

BEMIDJI — Alex Burchard helped boost tourism near statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the past several days as enthusiastic birders flocked to see his rare find on Lake Bemidji. He spotted a juvenile male ...

Most waterfowlers will only dream about shooting a king eider, and those that do often travel to the frozen ends of the earth and weather sub-zero temps at sea to get it done. But back in October, an ...

WE ALWAYS used to just about call it quits for inshore ducks and geese around this time of year as this is the time for the sea duck populations to build on our coast, and we’d been addicted to this ...

The rescue of Texel's famous Spectacled Eider prompted celebration, soul-searching and some very strange criticism, writes our columnist.

RSPB wardens on Coquet Island have just completed their annual Eider duck census since hundreds returned from offshore to ...