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Common Eiders at Cape May
and Avalon, New Jersey |
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Scroll down for eight photos of
males of different ages and plumages. |
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Male and female Common Eiders of the
dresseri subspecies at St Mary's, Cape May Point on 7 November
2009. In this subspecies the frontal lobes are broad and rounded. |
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Male Common Eider in
third alternate plumage at St. Mary's, Cape May Point on 7 November
2009 |
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Male Common Eider in
second alternate plumage at Cape May Point on 7 November 2009 |
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Two male Common Eiders in second
alternate plumage at Cape May Point on 7 November 2009 |
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Male Common Eider in first basic/first
alternate plumage at St Mary's, Cape May Point, on 7 November 2009 |
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Another male Common Eider in first
basic/first alternate plumage at St. Mary's, Cape May Point, on 7
November 2009 |
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Male Common Eider in
first basic/first alternate plumage at Avalon Seawatch on 7 November
2009 |
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Male Common Eider in first basic/first
alternate plumage with very worn tail at Avalon Seawatch on 7
November 2009. This could be the retained juvenal tail that hasn't
been replaced in the first prebasic molt, usually completed by late
September. |
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