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Waterbird: The common eider normally lives in Siberia and Alaska and attracted some 18,000 visitors to the Wadden Island with its presence. But at the end of December…

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A rare Spectacled Eider that was taken in at Ecomare on Texel in late December has died. The duck contracted a worm infection last week, after which his condition deteriorated rapidly, the animal shelter reports. The Spectacled Eider, which is normally found in Alaska and Siberia, had been in the Texel area since January of last year. He was the first Spectacled Eider ever seen in the Netherlands and attracted a lot of attention for months. In D…

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A Spectacled Duck that was taken in at Ecomare on Texel in late December died there on Sunday. The rare duck contracted a worm infection about a week ago, which proved fatal to the bird, the animal shelter reported on Sunday.