Photo: Nine Surf Scoters (six males and three females) in a line (with six paired up) from one side of the picture to the other facing right, with two of them only having their heads visible as they enter from the left. A tenth scoter is half in and half out of the picture on the right side with only his back visible. An eleventh scoter is swimming towards the line and away from the camera view . There is one duck swimming the other way, this is an adult male White-winged Scoter - they are all black and have a white swoop mark under their eyes and the tip of their beaks is orange. Male Surf Scoters have black feathers all over and have a white patch on the top of their heads and an extended white triangular patch on the back of their heads and necks. Their beaks are orange and white. The females are mostly black, including their beaks, but have a grey patch on their cheeks.
A stately procession of eleven Surf Scoters, with a White-winged Scoter acting the joker by going the other way.
At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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