Date: 11/15/25 2:58 pm From: Pete Sole <pete...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] King Eider Moss Landing (photo)
Hi birders,
First, big thanks to Steve Tucker for reporting this female King Eider on mbb! For a number of us, she was a lifer.
She continued near the beach, just about 1/4 mile south, of the south jetty in Moss Landing. At times she'd associate with Surf Scoters, and be quite close to shore. We observed her the whole time we were there, from about noon to roughly 1:30pm. She was still there when I left.
I'm still processing over 400 photos I took of her. But below is a link to one of my early photos, that shows her color and size difference compared to Surf Scoters close by. She is the mostly brown/tawny sea duck on the front right:
