The Spectacled Eider is one of Alaska's most extreme birds, living only from the Bering Sea northward. The mystery of where they spend the winter was only deciphered in 1995. New studies reveal more about what these sea ducks do all winter in this Alaska Magazine article: The Mystery of the Disappearing Sea Duck.
By Beth Peluso
November 28, 2012
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.