All the twitchers were out on the bridge over to that island. A White-winged scoter had been spotted there, a rarity hereabouts. The water was so choppy in the wind, and the scoters were so far from the bridge, that it was shere luck I got this shot of him. Velvet scoter further back, with a...
These birds have an exotic appearance with their white eye 'shadow' and wing bars against a deep black with that flash of red on their bill. I see that they take a long time maintaining that look.
Black Scoters were fairly common off the Aomori coastline so when I fist saw this, I thought that is what is was. Upon closer look, the white eye line was seen and I had my first White-Winged Scoter. I apologize for the poor quality of the photo but with the camera I had, it was the best I could...
A rare bird here in Southern California. Melanitta deglandi off Imperial Beach Pier, Imperial Beach, CA, 01-21-07, Canon 20D 400/f5.6L. http://www.picturetrail.com/marysan
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