NAM. Verbeek 1966 Somateria spectabilis (1) June 3 The whole day long I have seen large flocks of eiders, flying rapidly and closely over land and the frozen sea. Steve picked one up, last night. The beast apparently flew against a telephone wire and broke a wing. This seems to happen more often here. June 4 There were few King Eiders today. I only noticed two flocks flying north and two flocks flying south. One of the latter consisted of two females and about 25 males. Yesterday we saw a string of 9 males flying south. Apparently these males are finished with the breeding season and are heading south again. June 5. On the several occasions that I was out in the field today, I only saw one string of eiders flying north (±21:00) and a single male flying west at the same time. June 6. One flight of 20 birds moved south, flying low over land in a dense fog at about 10:30. 7 June No eiders seen today 8 June Around 2200, a flock of ±40 birds flew along the coast heading NE, flying close over the pack ice. 9 June While we were out on the shore of Foot Print lake we saw a long line of eiders fly northward. They flew very close over land. There must have been at least 50-60 birds in the flock. 10 June Six birds (2♂, 4♀) flew overhead heading north. In the evening 21:00 a string of some 100 birds flew north along the coast. 11 June Several large flocks, over a 100 birds each moved along the coast