Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), Bill Williams River NWR, La Paz County

This Surf Scoter was photographed by Jim Lawrence on 21 November 2011. This may be one of the birds discovered by John West and photographed by David Vander Pluym on 13 November 2011 here

A rare but regular late fall migrant with passage peaking in November.

Two white patches on the face but not equally oval and the lack of any white in the wing indicate this to be a Surf Scoter

21 November 2011, photo by Jim Lawrence

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