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Steller's Eider
Polysticta stelleri
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Steller's Eiders have been successfully bred in captivity.
Reason for hope as Jane Goodall says... :-)
Fascinating fact that I learned yesterday - as you go north, the clutch size (the number of eggs in a nest) goes up. For example, it's 3 in the temperate latitudes but more like 5 in the arctic. Why is that - It's because in the high arctic, in summer there is more light in the day, and hence more insects and time to feed. So you can raise a larger family!
You have to wonder what's going on when ducks that used to be all around Alaska can't make a go of it in the arctic summer; our world's nursery is in trouble. But as Jane Goodall says repeatedly, "There is always reason for hope"...
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Focal length: 1000 mm
fStop: 11
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/800
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Barrow, AK
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Jun 24, 2007
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