Black scoters bring been turning upwards inwards both of my primary eBird areas (Arapahoe County, Colorado, together with Boone County, Missouri) inwards recent weeks. These body of body of water ducks breed along Arctic Coasts together with on tundra lakes of Alaska together with Northern Canada, wintering along both coasts of North America too equally the Gulf Coast.
While they occasionally plow upwards on reservoirs together with lakes of the interior, they are non equally mutual away from the coasts equally their white-winged cousins. Black scoters are unremarkably encountered inwards flocks, bobbing inwards the H2O of coastal bays together with diving for mollusks, crustaceans together with other aquatic invertebrates. When observed on lakes of the interior, they tend to hold out lonely or inwards pocket-size groups; close deed on to coastal areas for the wintertime only roughly remain on inland lakes if adequate nutrient is available together with the waters remain open.
Unfortunately, I bring non had the chance to disclose this year's visitors to Colorado together with Missouri only I bring oft seen wintering dark scoters off Longboat Key, Florida, where nosotros ain a condo. Wherever they are found, i cannot assistance only admire these hardy migrants from the far North.
While they occasionally plow upwards on reservoirs together with lakes of the interior, they are non equally mutual away from the coasts equally their white-winged cousins. Black scoters are unremarkably encountered inwards flocks, bobbing inwards the H2O of coastal bays together with diving for mollusks, crustaceans together with other aquatic invertebrates. When observed on lakes of the interior, they tend to hold out lonely or inwards pocket-size groups; close deed on to coastal areas for the wintertime only roughly remain on inland lakes if adequate nutrient is available together with the waters remain open.
Unfortunately, I bring non had the chance to disclose this year's visitors to Colorado together with Missouri only I bring oft seen wintering dark scoters off Longboat Key, Florida, where nosotros ain a condo. Wherever they are found, i cannot assistance only admire these hardy migrants from the far North.
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