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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 05:36:06 PM »
awesome pictures! ! !
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 05:42:27 PM »
Man those things are huge! Great pics as always
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 05:45:44 PM »
Quote from: Drylok on January 26, 2010, 05:42:27 PM
Man those things are huge! Great pics as always


The largest duck in North America, and the most rarely harvested...
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 07:31:09 PM »
Man you are killin' me with those pictures .... they are great .... I didn't realize how big the Eiders were....they appear to be about the size of a blue or snow goose....
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2010, 09:00:46 PM »
Quote from: Josh Ward on January 26, 2010, 05:45:44 PM
Quote from: Drylok on January 26, 2010, 05:42:27 PM
Man those things are huge! Great pics as always


The largest duck in North America, and the most rarely harvested...

Could you give a comparison to a mature mallard? Is it twice the size or close to that?
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2010, 09:23:50 PM »
A new one to me, thanks for posting them...you look happy.
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 04:08:50 AM »
Quote from: Drylok on January 26, 2010, 09:00:46 PM
Quote from: Josh Ward on January 26, 2010, 05:45:44 PM
Quote from: Drylok on January 26, 2010, 05:42:27 PM
Man those things are huge! Great pics as always


The largest duck in North America, and the most rarely harvested...

Could you give a comparison to a mature mallard? Is it twice the size or close to that?

They are at least half again bigger than mallards, maybe a little more.  The pacifics (Somateria mollissima v-nigra) are even bigger than the american eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri) commonly found on the north east coast, and those guys are big !!!
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2010, 02:16:48 PM »
Josh - Great pics!  Those are truly beautiful birds!
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