Taxonomy: Order Anseriformes >> Family Anatidae >> Genus Somateria
| King Eider (Unique ID: 3944)
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Species: King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Location: ---, Barrow, Alaska, United States
Age: adult Plumage: basic/year-round Activity: perching/standing
Sex: male Visibility: head only Quantity: single
Photographer: Judd Patterson Date: June 18, 2010
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 10.9
Notes: Most of the King Eider that I found were hard to approach. Eventually I came across a more cooperative individual. As I patiently waiting on a shelf of ice, this male drifted in to the minimum focusing distance of my lens.
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