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Sunday, March 13, 2016

MALE BLACK SCOTER, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FORT MYERS BEACH, FL

   This duck is easily identifiable as a male Black Scoter from the bright yellow knob on its bill.  It is probably a 1st winter duck molting into an adult Black Scoter.  The body of the adult becomes all black.
   The Black Scoter is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 278.



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