Spectacled eider
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The spectacled eider is a large sea duck that breeds on the coasts of Alaska and northeastern Siberia.
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Male (front) and female (rear)
Female
Teshekpuk Lake
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Teshekpuk Lake is the largest lake in Arctic Alaska, at 22 miles width on the Alaska North Slope within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, South of Pitt Point, 12 miles east of Harrison Bay, 80 mi
Spectacled eider
…their main habitat loss has been a result of climate change. A future threats to their habitat is the possible development of oil and gas drilling near Teshekpuk Lake which has well been established as a globally significant important bird area. Wildfowl by Madge and Burn, ISBN 0-7470-2201-1…
False-color image of Teshekpuk Lake (on left side of image) and the North Slope. Green indicates vegetation and blue indicates water. Some bodies of water also appear in off-white or yellowish, probably due to different amounts of sediment in the water and/or the sun angle. The Beaufort Sea is at the top of the scene.