Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 20m.
We've seen a number of males throughout the last two months or so, but not very many females. So when we spotted this one up-close, she was nice to see in more detail.
Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 8m.
This fellow was eating along the shoreline very close, and seemed somewhat oblivious to my girlfriend and I.
Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA, USA at about 50m.
My girlfriend and I were fascinated by the beaks on these ducks.
A female Surf Scoter (primary focus), with an out-of-focus male in the foreground.
Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA, USA at about 50m.
They didn't seem like much through my camera's viewfinder, but were quite beautiful when I saw the image on my computer when...
In Iona, there are hundreds of Scoters in the Wiinter months swimming. Ofter they start to fly in groups. Most of them are Surf Scoters, but occasionally, there may be one or two other Scoters like the Black Scoter and the White-winged. In this pix, there are 2 male and 1 female Surfs, with a...
There were lots of these birds swimming close to shore at Arrowhead Marsh in Oakland, California this morning. I had to "toss" a lot of fuzzy shots before I got this one, whew!
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