Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Glen Canyon NRA-Lake Powell, Coconino County

This Black Scoter was photographed by Roy Morris on 04 January 2021.

Black Scoter is a casual to rare winter visitor to Arizona, with numbers of records along the Colorado River, as well as on large lakes in the state, increasing in recent years.Notable sighting as this represents only the second record for Glen Canyon NRA and the first CBC record. Also observed and photographed, remarkably, with both Surf and White-winged Scoter.

04 January 2021, photo by Roy Morris