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Photo: Surf Scoters

Posted: January 20, 2013 - 1:09am
Surf Scoters feed in Gastineau Channel in front of the Douglas Boat Harbor on Friday. Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Surf Scoters feed in Gastineau Channel in front of the Douglas Boat Harbor on Friday.

Surf Scoters feed in Gastineau Channel in front of the Douglas Boat Harbor on Friday.

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skirkz 01/20/13 - 11:22 am
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Fun to watch...

...as they form a wide circle and tighten it up, herding feed toward the shore like a big seine. Then when they close in the net in the shallower water they go crazy in a feeding frenzy. Then start all over again.

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Tenacious 01/20/13 - 06:39 pm
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Pacific Surf Scoters

I saw a flock of these seabirds on west Prince of Wales in the seventies that was about five miles long & three miles wide. I wouldn't even begin to know how to estimate their numbers.
The males have very striking black & white colors with an orange bill.

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