Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata

1/6/07

Des Moines Beach Park, Des Moines, Washington, U.S.A.

Melanitta perspicillata, males and females.

The most common Scoter in populated areas of Puget Sound.

Taken with a Nikon N65, zoom lens Quantaray 70-300mm 1:4-5.6D LDO Macro.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae

Subfamily: Anatinae

Genus: Melanitta

Species: perspicillata

(Melanitta perspicillata) Surf Scoter

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