For about 60 minutes on Tuesday, Jon Houghton, Ann Marie Wood and I were proud possessors of a Common Eider sighting as we traveled to Hayton Reserve and found the previously reported rarity. ?Unfortunately as Ryan Merrill advised, this bird was an escapee - so bye bye record. ?This Blog entry recounts that day and reflects on some earlier Eider observations. ?It ends with a story about the Common Eider and Northern Wheatear seen on the same day in Westport four years ago - October 2012. ?If you read it - please don't tell Dennis Paulson - unless you just can't resist. ?:-) ?
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