Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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SEA DUCKS

King Eider  Somateria spectabilis

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  NO RECORDS.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  NO RECORDS.

 Fall:  Accidental.  One ("immature") was collected by Fred Fitch and Tom Milewski on 28 November 1953 on the Ohio River at Huntington, WV (Edeburn 1954).  The specimen is in the Marshall University collection.  This is the only West Virginia state record.

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