Surf Scoter

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Scoter Injured?

September 11, 2019September 9, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Melanitta perspicillata

This solo Surf Scoter, first posted here on August 31, still paddled the waters just off the northeast corner of

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Promise of More?

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Melanitta perspicillata

The Surf Scoter, once seen in the Bay by the thousands, is a rare bird now. This lone individual, paddling

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Surf Scoters Updated

May 26, 2018May 25, 2018 Mosey2014 Melanitta perspicillata

The tucked-away sleeping bird that I thought might be an adult male Surf Scoter (in my post of a few

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A Rare Pair: Surf Scoters

May 19, 2018May 18, 2018 Mosey2014 Melanitta perspicillata

Surf Scoters were the third most numerous bird in the North Basin in the years 2004-2007, after Ruddy Duck and

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North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started

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New bird: Surf Scoter (Updated)

May 9, 2015January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 3 Comments Melanitta perspicillata

A new-to-me bird showed up in the North Basin this evening, right around the Burrowing Owl area in the northeast

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