A contented brown juvenile sea-duck swims towards the camera.

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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi), 16th November 2024
es: Negrón Aliblanco, fr: Macreuse à Ailes Blanches
Old Harbor Reservation, Boston, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 25% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 400
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Black except for a distinctive white eyeline and an oddly-shaped bill, a small duck floats lazily on the sea.

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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi), 1st January 2024
es: Negrón Aliblanco, fr: Macreuse à Ailes Blanches
Winthrop Beach, Winthrop Town, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 10% crop, 1/320s, ISO 400
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An odd brown duck with a blotchy orange and white beak floats on the waves.

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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi), 2nd December 2023
es: Negrón Aliblanco, fr: Macreuse à Ailes Blanches
David S Lynch Memorial Park, Beverly, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 30% crop, 1/400s, ISO 1250
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Miriam Meisler will give our next #WWSC seminar on Feb 25th. Come and discuss Nav1.6 pathophysiology in epilepsy and treatment options: "Down-regulation of SCN8A by ASO or CRISPR-i prevents seizures in a GOF model".
Visit www.sodiumchannelseminar.org for info and link. See you there!

Before you disappear into the holiday break 🎄 , mark your calendars for a the next #WWSC talk:
"More excited by other proteins than voltage: the unconventional function of the sodium leak channel complex" by @plesslab.bsky.social January 21st 2025.
www.sodiumchannelseminars.org for info and link.