Spectacled Eiders Winter Hideaway
Channel: FrontierScientists
Date: 2012-01-12

FrontierScientists.com – For many years scientists wanted to know where Spectacled Eiders spent their winters. They speculated but could never find the location. Finally Margaret Peterson's work paid off and a satellite tag signal got her out to the Bering Sea. There they found not just one but......

So many birds call Alaska and the Arctic home. Spectacled Eiders, Snowy Owls, Bar-Tailed Godwits are just a few of the birds that range Alaska and make their livelihoods there, at least for the summer. Tons of insects and open habitat are the perfect place for their new hatchlings. Though it’s only a flight away, for some birds it’s quite a journey.