This morning a little after 9 the immature male King Eider swam in near shore from a distant location in the sound. Other have looked unsuccessfully for the bird on previous days around 7-8 with no luck, when the tide was high. On those days it seemed to come in late morning on a low tide. This morning however it swam in on an incoming high tide. An enjoyable sight was a large colony of Bank Swallows doing well, near the eastern edge of the unforested bluff. Both the swallows and the Eider were about halfway between the end of the fishing drive and the next point further east. --
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