Surf Scoters
A raft of surf scoters drifts by on Washington's Hood Canal on a brisk late afternoon. A type of large diving sea duck, the drakes (males) have beautifully bright orange and white bills with a black spot while typical in most ducks, the hens (females) have a rather drab coloration by comparison. Surf scoters can be found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, where they typically breed in the tundra of Alaska and Northern Canada, and are very occasionally seen on the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes and even the British Isles.
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Anatidae, Animalia, Anseriformes, Aves, Chordata, Hood Canal, M. perspicillata, Mason County, Melanitta, Melanitta perspicillata, Merginae, Potlatch State Park, Washington, animal, ave, avian, beak, beautiful, beauty, bird, birdwatching, black, diving duck, duck, fauna, feather, fowl, natural, nature, orange, ornithology, scoter, sea duck, skunk-head coot, spring, surf scoter, vertebrate, white, wild, wildlife, wing
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