Where to See Eider in Cape Cod National Seashore

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Eider sightings in Cape Cod

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Where Eider has been reported, from 155 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM0% of the busiest hour1 AM0% of the busiest hour2 AM0% of the busiest hour3 AM0% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM6% of the busiest hour6 AM22% of the busiest hour7 AM44% of the busiest hour8 AM67% of the busiest hour9 AM78% of the busiest hour10 AM83% of the busiest hour11 AM89% of the busiest hourNoon94% of the busiest hour1 PMBusiest hour2 PMBusiest hour3 PMBusiest hour4 PM94% of the busiest hour5 PM89% of the busiest hour6 PM67% of the busiest hour7 PM44% of the busiest hour8 PM22% of the busiest hour9 PM11% of the busiest hour10 PM6% of the busiest hour11 PM2% of the busiest hour

Eider is most seen 11 AM–6 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Eider sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	0%
1 AM	0%
2 AM	0%
3 AM	0%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	6%
6 AM	22%
7 AM	44%
8 AM	67%
9 AM	78%
10 AM	83%
11 AM	89%
Noon	94%
1 PM	100%
2 PM	100%
3 PM	100%
4 PM	94%
5 PM	89%
6 PM	67%
7 PM	44%
8 PM	22%
9 PM	11%
10 PM	6%
11 PM	2%

Audio tour

Hear about Eider on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Cape Cod, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Cape Cod Tour Guide

A Duck’s Mussel Dinner

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“Common eiders get their mussel dinners by diving to the sea floor. These large sea ducks use strong, chisel-like bills to pry mussels from underwater rocks, and can swallow small prey before they even surface.”

Plays as you drive near Dunes’ Edge Campground in Parkwolf’s Cape Cod Tour Guide.

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Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

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16 sighting mapsfor Cape Cod, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
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Where to see Eider in Cape Cod