Turn your sound up for something incredible! ✨ Each species of eider has unique vocalizations and displays for courtship. 🟠 Steller’s: look for a series of head-turns, shakes, and rearing out of the water 🟡 King: look for vocalizations, rearing out of water, head movement, and splashing 🟢 Spectacled: look for rearing out of the water and listen closely for a soft "hoo hoo,” which sounds like a low hum. The sound is so soft and low that it can be hard to hear, and it has only been recorded in

Bowie, the male Steller’s eider (and our ✨Bird of the Week✨) showing us how it’s done! All three species of eiders are showing courtship behavior this time of year, and each species has a unique routine. Watch Bowie, the juvenile Steller’s eider in the ASLC aviary, show us how his species rears up out of the water, swims forward rapidly turning his head from side to side, then rears again. Look at one of our previous reels to see how a king eider does a courtship display! Man, birds are cool, ar