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Surf Scoter:
The Surf Scoter is a black/white seaduck common on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts in the winter. It has a boldly patterned head that is the basis for its colloquial name "skunk-headed coot".
Other names include "Goggle-nose", "Horse-head Coot", "Plaster-bill", "Snuff-taker", "Blossom-billed Coot", "Bottle-nosed DIver" and "Mussel Bill". The Surf Scoter is named for their propensity to forage in ocean surf and breaking waves. Its name (Melanitta perspicillata) is from Latin for conspicuous or spectacular, in reference to the bizarre, multicolored drake bill.
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Columbia River at Clatsop Spit, Oregon ...
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Surf Scoter, male (left) and female (right), Columbia River at Clatsop Spit, Oregon.
Day heavy overcast but no rain.
Image taken May 2, 2010.
Canon Rebel T1i, 300mm.
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South Jetty, Clatsop Spit, Oregon ...
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Surf Scoter, male, South Jetty, Clatsop Spit, Oregon.
Image taken October 25, 2011.
Canon Rebel T3i, 300mm.
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Surf Scoter, female, landing, South Jetty, Clatsop Spit, Oregon.
Image taken October 25, 2011.
Canon Rebel T3i, 300mm.
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Surf Scoter, female, South Jetty, Clatsop Spit, Oregon.
Image taken October 25, 2011.
Canon Rebel T3i, 300mm.
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Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon ...
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Surf Scoter female, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Day overcast and gray.
Image taken October 23, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Surf Scoter female, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Day overcast and gray.
Image taken October 23, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Surf Scoter female, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Day overcast and gray.
Image taken October 23, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Surf Scoter female, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Day overcast and gray.
Image taken October 23, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Columbia River at Hayden Island, Oregon ...
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Surf Scoters, Columbia River upstream I-5 Bridge, Oregon side.
Cold overcast afternoon with occasional sunbreaks.
Image taken November 20, 2010.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Surf Scoter, Columbia River upstream I-5 Bridge, Oregon side.
Cold overcast afternoon with occasional sunbreaks.
Image taken November 20, 2010.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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