1255: From west side of inlet (followed mowed trail from Treman Marine Park) spotted King Eider directly across channel, bobbing up against the concete breakwater of the jetty. After one dive he calmly churned his way diagonally up and across the inlet, joining the periphery of a throng of about 70 Mallards actively feeding off the west side of the ice edge. When I left at about 1315, the eider was napping, bobbing with his head tucked. Also, 6 Ruddy Ducks (1 m, 5 f), 1 m Bufflehead, and 1 f Lesser Scaup, 6 C. Mergansers (3 m, 3f), 56 Gr. Black-backed Gulls, 5 Herring Gulls, 1 Ring-billed Gull. --Mark
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