Melanitta perspicillata  (Surf Scoter)

© Rosemary Taylor (Photo ID #11311)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Spanish Banks, Vancouver
Photographer	Rosemary Taylor
Habitat	Salt water
Photo Date	November 09, 2007
Upload Date	June 13, 2010
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Photo ID #	11311
Comments	These birds often gather in huge rafts around English Bay in the winter, When they take off, their wings make a whistling noise which can be heard from quite some distance.