http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Eider
This is a good site. Im thinking . North Umberland this sounds like a good job for Iains monster Coon Cat! Maybe he could just take the cat to the beach for a day!!! VBG If it does good there we can send the cat after those illusive penguins Don O so desires. Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henk Verhaar Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Spey Hackle/Duck Hunters On 3 Dec, 2007, at 13:41, Deborah Duran wrote: An outside influence got me digging through my more unusual feathers this weekend to inspire me into a personal challenge and I found a bag of Eider feathers [...] Im not familiar with an Eider duck???? Is that a common duck? They are in Europe, along the shores in winter, and in Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia during the breeding season. They're a large saltwater species. See e.g. http://www.ivnvechtplassen.org/ivn_vogels_niet_vechtstreek/Eidereend_Somater ia-mollissima.html or http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidereend Henk =============================== ><(((((º> =============================== | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Ecotoxicoloog en vliegbinder | tel: 035 656 2128 | | Stichts End 17 | mobiel: 06 26 136034 | | NL-1244 PK Ankeveen | web: www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod | =============================== <º)))))>< ===============================
