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Surf Scoter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Surf Scoter ( Melanitta perspicillata ) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. It is placed in the subgenus Melanitta , along with the Velvet and White-winged Scoters, d...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_Scoter
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Learn how to identify Surf Scoter, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A black-and-white seaduck common on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts in winter, the Surf Scoter has a boldly patterned head that is the basis for its colloquial name "skunk-headed coot." ... Surf Scoter Range Map...
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www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Surf_Scoter/id
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Surf_Scoter/id
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SURF SCOTER; Melanitta perspicillata ... The most abundant wintering Pacific coast scoter, Surf Scoters favor shallow waters in bays, estuaries and river mouths. Even so, some winter inland, and the ducks can be fairly numerous on the Great Lakes. Vagrants regularly appear in Europe.
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www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/ibis/SUSC/SUSC401.html
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The adult male Surf Scoter with its black plumage and white patches on the nape and forehead is distinctive. Female plumages of the Surf Scoter are similar to female plumages of the other scoters. It can be told from the Black Scoter by it more sloping forehead, and white face patches.
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www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1660id.html
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; Welcome to the future home of surfscoter.com;
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www.surfscoter.com/
www.surfscoter.com/
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FOOD: A proficient diver, seems to prefer to feed in rough waters broken by rocks and surf. Mostly (98 percent) consumes crustaceans and mollusks. Also eats stone flies and other insects, fishes, and echinoderms..
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www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/wildlife/species/birds/d...
www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/wildlife/species/birds/ducks-diving.shtml
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This is what a surf scoter looks like, oiled. It doesn’t smell good either. This female is waiting in a warm pen till she’s stable enough to wash, probably tomorrow. There were dozens of pet carriers of birds in line to be taken in, weighed, assigned to a warm pen.
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www.magpienest.org/birdbybird/1557/surf-scoter
www.magpienest.org/birdbybird/1557/surf-scoter
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Description of birds found in Washington state ... Scoters are large, mostly black or dark gray sea ducks. The male Surf Scoter has a solid black body and black head with white patches at the back of the head and on the forehead above the eyes.
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www.seattleaudubon.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=84
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