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Black scoter

Melanitta nigra

Photo by Alison
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45.003, -65.1595

Field Notes

Description:

Male: all black with bright yellow/orange bump on bill; female is brown with lighter coloured neck and cheek

Habitat:

Along the shore of the Bay Fundy; rocky shoreline

Notes:

I often see these guys mixed in with eiders and surf scoters

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