Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1908 — Last Home of Eider Duck. [ARTICLE]

Last Home of Eider Duck.

At present there is but one breeding place of the eider duck in the United States. That is Old Man’s island, situated in the town of Cutler, in Maine. It is one and one-half miles east of the Cross Island life saving station and was leased by the state with the understanding that it was to be used for the protection, propagation and preservation of all wild birds. The state, through the efforts of the Audubon society, is trying to preserve three species of wild fowl—the eider duck, the puffin and the laughing gull—from extermination In Maine. Their eggs are large and very palatable and highly prized by fishermen for food.—Kennebec Journal.