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The harbour is full of these eider-ducks


The lake in the city centre was yesterday full of these elegantly raffish waterfowl

and I'd like to know what they are; they were gone today.

We got up at 1pm, met up with James's friends Brendan and Lauren, and breakfasted on lobster soup and minke-whale kebab in the self-proclaimed Best Lobster Soup Shop In The World, before wandering around the town some more




The sun set elegantly over the sea, we headed to a supermarket and got the makings of cup-cakes, and plan for an evening involving mostly baking.

Date: 2006-12-03 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ritaxis.livejournal.com
It's a Slavonian grebe.

I knew it was a grebe of some sort when I saw your photo. It says here that it's Iceland's only grebe. How many grebes does Iceland need?

Date: 2006-12-03 06:53 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] akirlu.livejournal.com
Diving duck of some kind, but to my eye in looks like a Red-breasted Merganser (http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1300id.html). The all-black head, and only a ring of white, plus that crest, doesn't match the images of Slavonian grebes I'm seeing.

Date: 2006-12-03 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janetmk.livejournal.com
That ID matches whats in my bird books. Birds of the North. They are probably en route to their winter quarters (which include north Africa).

Date: 2006-12-03 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com
I was very pleased by the eider ducks and associated ducklings in Northern Irelands, much to CVolin's amusement - but I'd never seen them outside of a zoo or bird reservation before!

Have a lovely time, amd dead jealous

raffish waterfowl

Date: 2006-12-03 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angeyja.livejournal.com
Have you asked anyone local since you saw them?

Date: 2006-12-04 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ianmcdonald.livejournal.com
looks like a merganser to me, or maybe a (don't laugh) goosander.

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