MALE VELVET SCOTER, MUSSELBURGH, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, 7/17/2024 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this duck as a male Velvet Scoter as follows:

• Overall black
• White patch on face
• Large white wing patch.  You can see this best in the second photo.
• Orange bill with pinkish tip (see second photo) and black knob
• Reddish-orange legs (see first and third photos where part of leg is showing)

   The Velvet Scoter is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.