Migratory Waterfowl

Information on The Yakut

Long-tailed Duck in breeding plumage displays. Living Coasts

Saxifraga flagellaris, the spider plant. Runners radiate and rooting plants form there. Fell field Tundra. Spitsbergen

Female Eider sits on her nest amongst Purple Saxifrage. Spitsbergen.

A family of Northern Pintail ducks (Anas acuta)feeding on a small lake in the tundra.Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

A female Northern Pintail duck (Anas acuta) on a small lake in the tundra. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

A family of Northern Pintail duck (Anas acuta) on a small lake in the tundra.Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

An Arctic Skua raiding an Eider Duck nest on Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Inuit family eating traditional foods at a Birthday party in Qaanaaq. N.W.Greenland. 1998

An Arctic Skua raiding an Eider Duck nest on Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Longtailed ducks on an icefloe in summer, Svalbard. Arctic Norway

Louis Nielsen marking an Eider duck nest. Eholmen Island, Spitsbergen.

An Eider duck's nest with eggs, on Eholmen Island, Spitsbergen.

Removing some Eider down from a nest. Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen

Louis Nielsen marking an Eider duck nest. Eholmen Island. Spitsbergen

Trapper Louis Nielsen sorts a bag of Eiderdown outside his hut, on the island of Eholmen. Spitsbergen

Traditional Nenets dolls with the heads made from duck's beaks. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Incubating female king eider, Somateria spectabilis, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Male king eider, Somateria spectabilis, resting on the ice of a frozen lake, Victoria Island, Nunuavut, Arctic Canada

Male king eider, Somateria spectabilis, resting on the ice of a frozen lake, Victoria Island, Nunuavut, Arctic Canada

Male king eider, Somateria spectabilis, swimming in a shore lead, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

Male king eider, Somateria spectabilis, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

King eiders pair, Somateria spectabilis, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Eider ducks swim along the shore of Karl XII Oya as the snow retreats from the beach. Svalbard.

Eider ducks swim in sheltered water, making V shaped waves. Svalbard

Female Eider Duck sits tight on her down nest, well camouflaged amongst the lichen rocks. Svalbard.

Long-tailed Duck in breeding plumage displays. Living Coasts

Portrait of a Spectacled Eider after a swim, He has his breeding plumage at its best. Living Coasts

Spectacled Eider Duck, adult male, found mostly in northern Siberian and Alaska. C

Spectacled Eider takes a bath. These birds are native to the waters north of Siberia C

Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischeri, the male bird on shore. Arctic

Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) resting at the floe edge. Summer is a time of plenty. N.W. Greenland. 1989

Intermediate morph Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, raids eggs in an eider nest. Spitsbergen

Trapper Louis Nielsen sorts bags of Eiderdown outside his hut, on the island of Eholmen, Spitsbergen.

A table of traditional North Greenlandic foods. Thule, N.W. Greenland. 1998

Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) resting at the floe edge. Summer is a time of plenty. N.W. Greenland. 1989