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Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
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The Black Scoter is from the order Anseriformes. Anseriformes are birds, with over 150 species belonging to this order.
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Black ScoterCredit: Wikipedia Download full size image The Black or American Scoter (Melanitta americana) is a species of sea duck found in the far north of North America in Labrador and Newfoundland to the southeast Hudson bay, in Alaska.
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The Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a diving sea duck typically encountered in the northern United States or Canada and along the coast. Occasionally the species wanders down to Texas.
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Black ScoterMelanitta nigra (Linnaeus) Status Common transient, uncommon in winter, rare in summer. All three scoters tend to migrate well offshore, and times of arrival and departure are often not discerned.
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The Black Scoter remains one of North America's least known waterfowl, partly owing to its scattered breeding distribution in remote northern Quebec and Alaska and partly to the perceived lack of interest in this species by hunters.
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Black Scoters
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Take I 95 North from New Hampshire into Maine. Just after the rest center leave the interstate highway at Exit 4 ( The Yorks, Ogunquit). Proceed to the stoplight and turn right onto Highway 1 south.
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Black Scoter Melanitta nigra. Rare in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast region. Occasional in fall and winter in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. Found primarily in offshore waters and less commonly on lakes.
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Black Scoter Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no Surf Scoter Fall Sighting Information: uncommon Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
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Similar Species: Black Scoter, White-winged ScoterConservation Status: Numbers took a serious dive in the early 20th century, but populations have since rebounded and they are now abundant.
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Related Websites: Black Scoter (USGS) ... Black Scoter (Birds of Nova Scotia) ...
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Well, I couldn't capture the Black Scoter that flew by, much less the Jaeger that I missed, but this big fat bird sat on a rock outcropping, seemingly too large to fly anywhere.
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AMERICAN SCOTER DUCK. [ Black Scoter.] FULIGULA AMERICANA, Swains. [Melanitta nigra.] ...
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Yellow-billed Loon (probably, rare), Slavonian, Red-necked and Black-necked Grebes, Brent Goose, Black Scoter, guillemots, auklets and puffins. Ferry to Hokkaido Ferry from Oarai, Sendai, Hachinohe, Aomori to Hakodate, Tomakomai and Muroran ...
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The Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) is a large sea duck, 43-54 cm in length, which breeds over the far north of Europe and Asia east to the Olenyok River. The American/E Siberian M. americana ( Black Scoter) is sometimes considered a subspecies of M.
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 See also: Scoter, Duck, Eider, Common Eider, Gadwall
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