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- noun Plural form of
eider .
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Examples
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Species such as eiders, oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis), common merganser (Mergus merganser), and red-breasted mergansers (M. serrator), are hunted by set seasonal open and closing dates.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Eider were feeding alongside long-tailed ducks and common scoters, and the drake eiders were in full breeding plumage with their dove-like cooing calls echoing across the open sea.
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Right now, there's a wonderful variety of ducks and geese at Beavertail, including eiders (Somateria mollissima), brants (Branta bernicla), and Black scoters (Melanitta nigra).
"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Right now, there's a wonderful variety of ducks and geese at Beavertail, including eiders (Somateria mollissima), brants (Branta bernicla), and Black scoters (Melanitta nigra).
"You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Rhodes guides hunters for eiders and scoters and recommends Full choke to put the maximum number of pellets on target.
Why You Miss Ducks (And Other Insights From Our Waterfowl Guide Survey) 2009
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Just as the Gulf is home to hundreds of animal species -- including endangered turtles and tuna -- the Arctic waters where Shell aims to drill are also home to endangered and threatened species, including bowhead whales, polar bears and spectacled and Steller's eiders.
Trip Van Noppen: Arctic Faces Offshore Oil Danger in July 2010
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Just as the Gulf is home to hundreds of animal species -- including endangered turtles and tuna -- the Arctic waters where Shell aims to drill are also home to endangered and threatened species, including bowhead whales, polar bears and spectacled and Steller's eiders.
Trip Van Noppen: Arctic Faces Offshore Oil Danger in July 2010
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As a result, there were few eiders, which reduced subsistence hunting opportunities.
Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region climate change case study 2009
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Spectacled eiders, ruddy turnstones, and black turnstones are common breeding birds in the lowland tundra of this province.
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On both hands he counts off other species in danger, steller's eiders, king eiders, and common eiders.
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