Subject: Moaning Eiders
Date: Jan 30 19:48:12 1997
From: "CHRISTINE W. MAACK" - 73201.3124 at CompuServe.COM


I'm now beginning to wonder about the moaning sounds we heard from rafted ducks
on the water during Kodiak Christmas Bird Count a couple of years ago. We
attributed the moan to the large rafts of Steller's Eiders, but there may have
been some Black Scoters around as well (although White-winged is much more
prevalent).

Has anyone else heard Steller's Eiders moan?

Maybe I'll have to go back to Kodiak next New Years - they usually have a high
species count for winter in Alaska anyway.

Chris Maack
Anchorage, AK
73201.3124 at compuserve.com