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Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Description:

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."

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PublishedFebruary 14, 2012

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