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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca), Butcher Jones Recreation Area, Maricopa County

"Female White-winged Scoter with Ring-necked Duck at Butcher Jones Beach at Saguaro Lake photographed on 5 November 2007. In the 1990's White-winged Scoter was almost annual in Arizona, but recent records have been scarcer. This photo clearly shows the feathering extending well out on to the sides of the bill that is diagnostic for this species. The white secondaries were also visible in other poses."


05 November 2007 photo by Michael C. Moore


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