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Eiders in the Gut at Pines Landing

December 18, 2006 · Print This Article

We have been birding the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool quite a bit lately. Whether it’s low or high tide, waterfowl of all types are either flying or floating through the Gut.

This past weekend we viewed the following;

  • 44 Common Eiders
  • 7 Red-Breasted Mergansers
  • 8 Common Loons
  • 38 Canada Geese
  • 4 Old Squaw (Longtail Duck)
  • 9 Horned Grebe
  • 12 Bufflehead
  • 5 Golden Eye
  • 1 Surf Scoter
  • 1 White Winged Scoter

It was a fun time indeed!

I leave you with some images of the Eiders we saw, some of them comical. Click a thumbnail for a larger view.

Male and Female Eiders feed in the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool. Female Eider going out with the tide at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool. Immature male Eider with a female at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool.
Male Eider at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool. Male Eider at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool. A male Eider relieves a scratch at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool.
This male Eider seems to be saying shhh as he preens at the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool. Male Eider splashing in the Gut at Pines Landing in Biddeford Pool.

 Happy birding!

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