Thursday, August 1, 2024
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.
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