Greetings do you know what these birds are? I’m assuming the third photo may also be one so I included it. My parents keep saying it’s not what my guesses are so here I am >:D
Hi snowy, great to have you back! :D
Those seem to be eiders, either females or immature males (though I was very unsure at that last picture because I haven't actually seen full-frontal eiders, which is a problem @fullfrontalbirds could solve)!
I am not sure of the species, but since there are only three eiders this should be relatively easy to find out, on the topic of finding out, what did you say it was?
We can start by comparing it to the king eider which I believe to be the least likely answer. I will show an adult male and female and a juvenile male (juvenile females pretty much look like their adult version which is why it’s not necessary to show them separately).
Image by Matthew Studebaker; King eider breeding pair
Image by Greg Schneider; King eider juvenile male
On to the spectacled eider!
Image by Dan Behm; Spectacled eider breeding pair
Image by Rosemary Harris; Spectacled eider juvenile male
and lastly, the common eider!
Image by John Shaw; Common Eider breeding pair
Image by Manuel ROMARIS; Common eider juvenile male
So based on these images (and others I didn’t include) I’m almost certain that the first two are common eider juvenile males, I’m not as sure of the third one, but it’s likely that the same applies to it too. Common eiders nest throughout the year and males take up to three years to reach sexual maturity, so the date isn’t really an indicator for these birds.
They mostly occur around American and Asian coasts (Asian only there where Eurasia and North America get close to each other)
As always, if I’m wrong, come back to me and I’ll try again, or if you found out yourself, tell me! Keep in mind that individual variation very much is visible to humans in eiders, especially when they’re still maturing, which is why the images I chose don’t look like a carbon copy of those @snowycat230 took!
Also I know I said I’d do this yesterday put you know, the word “tomorrow” has plenty of definitions, such as “in two days”! >:)