Photo 8771, (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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What

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Observer

kueda

Date

January 31, 2010 10:03 AM PST

Description

Surf Scoters are one of those birds that I think would turn a lot of people on to birding if they could only see one up close. Sadly, they're usually so far off shore that you need a scope to appreciate them. Not so at Arrowhead, though.

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Ken-ichi Ueda