#Common Scoter

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[2639/11080] Common scoter - Melanitta nigra

Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) Subfamily: Anatinae (dabbling ducks)

Photo credit: Jon Lowes via Macaulay Library

#birds #Common scoter #Anseriformes #Anatidae #Anatinae #Melanitta #birds a to z #undescribed

[ifelten]

Sortand (Melanitta nigra), imm. han

Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), imm. male

#Sortand #Melanitta nigra #Melanitta #Common Scoter #Scoter #And #Duck #Anatidae #bird #aves #fugl #vinter #winter #Seabird #Havfugl #Hanstholm Havn #Hanstholm

[ornithological]

velvet scoter (melanitta fusca) with a female common scoter (melanitta nigra), ireland

#anseriformes #anatidae #melanitta #velvet scoter #common scoter #display flight #ANOTHER LIFER TODAY!!! #wasn't even twitching i was just walking on the beach #noticed 400 scoters bobbing around on the water #and after a bit of looking i saw this pretty duck!!!! #actually so ridiculously happy #if i was capable of jumping and clicking my heels. brother you know i would be doing that! #TWO DUCK LIFERS WITHIN A COUPLE DAYS!!! #I LOVE DUCKS

[north-american-duck-poll]

i was cleaning up my draft of black scoter propa, researching for more facts and whatnot, when i saw a Fun Fact for Kids article for their close species in Europe, the common scoter. and this bit

:'< the photo is so cute too, with those upturned eyes...

I hope whoever wrote that article takes some time to reflect on their actions. Common Scoters are adorable!

#not poll related #but duck related! #eurasian duck species #common scoter

[dansnaturepictures]

Looking back on five of my favourite ever birdwatching days 

Seeing the Surf Scoter at Stokes Bay in 2015 

Seeing Pennington’s female Surf Scoter on Sunday inspired this post which was brilliant too, and this 2015 sighting of this mega bird has always stuck with me. A wonderful and thrilling moment, with the Common Scoters it was with and only my second ever Red-throated Diver seen other highlights in a day we saw so much. A long time Twitter friend of mine joked when I was sharing my sightings that night “did a Hoopoe fly by as well?”, clearly a good luck charm as that iconic species was the next new bird we saw later that year. I took the first picture in this photoset of the Surf Scoter and Common Scoters. 

Great Spotted Cuckoo at Portland in 2016 

2016 feels like the beginning of a few amazing birding years for us with so much seen and high year list totals at a bit of an increasing intensity and in hindsight this super bird at Portland was the key bird seen that year, when it looked like this rarity may have eluded us on that sunny afternoon it suddenly dashed over the path right beside us and we got a sensational view of a special species in a smashing wild bank holiday Sunday. I got the record shot in the second picture in this photoset of it. 

The first day of the Scotland trip we went on in 2018, in the Highlands 

On this sensational part of the amazing Heatherlea ‘Birding Bites’ tour a present for my 21st birthday I had one of the best days of my life, with dream after dream coming true in the snow covered landscape as I saw my first ever Red Grouse, Crested Tit, Capercaillie, Golden Eagle and Black Grouse as well as White-tailed Eagle, Dipper, my first ever Mountain Hare and also Red Squirrels and Red Deer seen in the way of mammals and more. Magical moments in an enchanting trip with wildlife and scenes to savour I always longed to see. I took the third and fourth pictures in this photoset of Crested Tits, fifth of Golden Eagle and sixth of the Black Grouse that day.

Seeing Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Tawny Owl on one afternoon in 2021 in the New Forest

Being two birds I dreamed of seeing for years and first saw in the same year back in 2014, this was a utopian day at a place I love when we thrillingly saw a Tawny Owl flying in the day and were ecstatic to see a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker weaving through the branches. Hawfinch, Woodlark, Stock Dove, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting and Fallow Deer were other highlights in an unbelievable list of species seen that day. This massive moment seeing them both together has sparked a good couple of years of seeing the owl and woodpecker a bit more frequently too. I got the seventh picture in this photoset of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker that day.

Seeing an Osprey fly over Skomer Island whilst enjoying Puffins in 2022

My 2022′s answer to the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker/Tawny Owl moment which I have also replayed so much in my mind, I was so amazed when whilst watching the original birds I took to my heart getting into birding as a kid the seabirds and taking in all the splendour of this with Puffins ensconced in sea campion the other bird I first loved as a kid an Osprey flew over. I never imagined seeing Puffin and the other seabirds and Osprey in the same day so this was also one of the days of my life and was an inspirational personal moment for me in a year of changing things for the better last year. The crazy few minutes in a packed, momentous and sensational day also included other of my favourite birds Red Kite and Chough flying over. I took the eighth picture in this photoset of the Osprey and ninth of a Puffin that day and tenth of a Chough later that week away at Strumble Head.

#surf scoter #common scoter #red-throated diver #stokes bay #portland #portland bill #great spotted cuckoo #dorset #hampshire #highlands #scotland #england #snow #wales #pembrokeshire #crested tit #capercaillie #golden eagle #black grouse #red grouse #white-tailed eagle #dipper #red squirrel #red deer #lesser spotted woodpecker #reed bunting #stock dove #woodlark #hawfinch #treecreeper

[hankwag93]

Enjoying the bounty of sea ducks to be found in Maine right now! The first 3 images are common eiders and then the other images are of a large raft of both common eiders and black scoters. Taken 3/12/24 in Winterport, ME and Hancock, ME.

#nature #canon #outdoors #wildlife #birds #wildlifephotography #maine wildlife #maine #mewildlife #207 #ducks #sea ducks #common eider #black scoter #anatidae #waterfowl #canonr5

[ceruleanvulpine]

huge respect to @myxinidaes for reblogging that post with 100 birds

#ok im gonna try to list 100 birds. house sparrow song sparrow fox sparrow white-throated sparrow dark-eyed junco #robin. ovenbird. hermit thrush. carolina wren. cardinal #carolina chickadee. house finch. purple finch. goldfinch. white-breasted nuthatch #red-breasted nuthatch. hooded merganser. american coot. wood duck. mallard duck #surf scoter. ruddy duck. black duck. northern shoveler. common loon #crow. fish crow. raven. turkey vulture. bald eagle #feral pigeon. mourning dove. turkey. quail. AMERICAN WOODCOCK #solitary sandpiper. herring gull. great black-backed gull. piping plover. killdeer #yellow-rumped warbler. pine warbler. palm warbler. black and white warbler. i cant think of a fifth warbler. red tailed hawk #cooper's hawk. osprey. barn swallow. tree swallow. blue jay #peacock. egyptian goose. peregrine falcon. merlin. canadian goose #green heron. starting to struggle here. flamingo. skua. albatross. great blue heron #barn owl - snowy owl - great horned owl - barred owl - WHAT was that little owl in central park called - uhhh mandarin duck #chicken. california condor. rose finch (there are many but i dont remember any of the weirder species). adelie penguin. emperor penguin #northern mockingbird.. starling.. grackle.. african gray parrot.. monk parakeet #stellar's jay ... baltimore oriole.. argh what's the other oriole we get. DOWNY WOODPECKER.. hairy woodpecker... pileated woodpecker #red-headed woodpecker. red-bellied woodpecker. ruby-throated hummingbird. scarlet macaw. whooping crane #whippoorwill. snowy egret. great egret. european robin. bird of paradise #there's a warbler that's just 'yellow' right? yellow warbler? cormorant... #struggling with some where i cant remember the exact name like was it a 'double crested' cormorant or something else. #zebra finch .. blue-footed booby... pelican.... #australian magpie. The Other Magpie. ibis (nonspecific). potoo. EASTERN BLUEBIRDDDDDD !!! #ceruleanrambling #now i can go read yours

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Archibald Thorburn (Scottish, 1860–1935), "Common Scoter", 1913

#Archibald Thorburn #art #scottish art #painting #animal painting #animals in art #animals #bird #birds #birblr #bird painting #birds in art #scoter #paintings #20th century art #20th century #1910s #10s

[whatsthebird]

What's the Bird?

Location: Monterey, California

Date: July

We ask that discussion under questions be limited to how you came to your conclusion, not what your conclusion was.

Happy Birding!

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Bird-136 graciously submitted by @officialukraine

#quiz #tumblr polls #birding #birdlr #bird identification #WTBQuiz

[anonsally]

Happy Birdday To Me!

For my birthday today, I took the day off work and spent over two hours birdwatching at a hotspot I had not been to before, though it's not that far away. Long report below!

(I hate driving on the freeway, particularly the one I would've had to take to get to Arrowhead Marsh. But I figured out that I could get there on public transit instead.)

Various rare bird sightings have occurred there in the past week, so I was hoping to see something new. In the end, I only saw one of the rarities, but I did see 7 birds I'd never seen before!

My dad joined me after about 45 minutes, but even before that, there were a number of Very Serious Birders with serious equipment. None of them had seen (today) the Nelson's sparrow or tufted duck that have been there the past few days (though according to the rare bird alerts, a few people had seen the sparrow in the morning), but they did help me with some IDs and point a few birds out and let me look through their spotting scopes!

Seven new species:

Common yellowthroat. This is probably the one I was most excited about, even though it isn't very unusual--but I had never seen it! and it's yellow!

Sora. Also very exciting with its pretty plumage and yellow beak! It was shy, but I got a good look at it a few times when it foraged at the edge of some reeds.

White-winged scoter. This was the only rare one that I saw, and it was pointed out by some of the Very Serious Birders, who let me look at it through their scope and regretted that they had not pointed it out to me while it was preening and showing its white wing patches. I could see a tiny white line on the wing, and the bill was very scoter-y, but it would look to a casual viewer like a pretty solid dark brown duck.

Blue-winged teals. Very beautiful bird. There were 3 of them--two males and a female--paddling around, and I could see a small light blue spot on the folded wing of one of the males. It's a large blue patch in flight, but not always visible when they're swimming.

Cinnamon teals. Another beautiful bird! We saw a pair.

Horned grebe. The horned and eared grebes are similar-looking and hard to distinguish, but in this case, I saw both (and was told both were there), so I managed to pick out the differences. (I had seen an eared grebe on the Elkhorn Slough boat tour, identified by someone else.)

Glaucous-winged gull. I would never have even tried to identify this one, but was told what it was.

I also "collected" a whole trifecta of teals, because someone also pointed out a green-winged teal (I'd seen one before). I was happy to see a pied-billed grebe (definitely the cutest of the grebes we get around here). On the walk from the bus stop I saw what I believe was a red-shouldered hawk perched on a utility pole. It had the orange barred front, but the back looked less black-and-white than brown-and-white. There were lots of scaups in the water, but I couldn't tell if they were greater or lesser; we also saw what was probably a greater yellowlegs, but of course could have been lesser. I saw some coots, common goldeneyes, black-necked stilts, snowy egrets, a great blue heron, loads of willets and marbled godwits, and a couple of black turnstones, but I'm sure there were lots of other ducks and shorebirds I didn't manage to identify.

All in all, it felt like a very successful birthday birding expedition, and it made me want to go back.

#personal #birdwatching

[queenlua]

TIL some heckin wild facts about river otters, apparently those dudes will fuckin devour the shit out of birds (!!!) given the opportunity:

source 1

A year ago I visited Point Reyes, California, over Thanksgiving and worried some sort of mass incident had occurred. There were so many dead pelican carcasses strewn about a very large area near the water in one location I was exploring. I took photos and videos, imagining getting in touch with authorities to stop whatever dreadful incident was occurring. Then someone who saw me photographing the carcasses said she heard a rumor it was the river otters grabbing the birds from below. It made sense, because the feathers were still there, but the flesh and organs were entirely gone. I did not witness the otters doing this, but the landscape looked like a bomb had gone off in the middle of a flock of pelicans.

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The past several years at Big Twin Lake, Okanogan County (by Winthrop) there has been a mini-wildlife spectacle where, at dusk, hundreds of ducks fly into a small patch of open water kept open by a bubbler. Often one could see (and hear) 8-10 duck species in the aqueous mosh pit (mostly both species of goldeneyes, but also buffleheads, common and hooded mergansers, teal, mallards, scaup, wigeon, sometimes swans or geese), some arriving after dark. The ducks would depart by first light, presumably to avoid the ever present Bald Eagles. (BTW - the spectacle was discovered during a CBC). This year the massive numbers of ducks didn't show up. A few ducks would land at dusk and then quickly take off. Flocks of goldeneyes and mergansers would circle a few times and then fly elsewhere. We initially wondered if it was because it has been warmer and there was more open water around. We also noted at least one river otter regularly cruising around or lolling on a dock but didn't connect the dots. At the Twisp CBC potluck I mentioned this year's lack of ducks and also mentioned that the folks who came to see the ducks, got to see the otter as consolation. One of the many amazing naturalists who participate in the Twisp CBC mentioned that river otters can wreak havoc on waterfowl and showed me multiple photos of otters carrying scoters and other ducks. The next morning they watched a Hooded Merganser narrowly escape the otter. It's a cool example of the impact one or two predator individuals can have on the behavior of hundreds of individuals (likely the majority of the ducks overwintering in the upper Methow Valley).

#like i knew they ate invertebrates n such but #birds! damn! much trickier quarry! #fascinating stuff #birding

[heatherwitch]

Double-crested Cormorant + Western Gull

Western Grebe + Bufflehead

Surf Scoter + Lesser Scaup

Common Goldeneyes

#birdingwithmouse

[boy-warbler]

White-winged scoters are one of the less common winter ducks I see each year so this was a good sighting for me. Colonel Samuel Smith Park yesterday

#birdwatching #birding #birds #torontobirds #ducks #white winged scoter

[north-american-duck-poll]

Last day to vote in round 1 polls!

There are now 24 hours remaining on the round 1 polls, which means this is your last chance to decide which of the round 1 ducks (and swans and geese) will be facing off against the heavy hitters coming in in round 2!

links to the polls are below:

Bracket A

White-cheeked Pintail vs Black Scoter

Tundra Swan vs Cackling Goose

Northern Shoveler vs Barrow's Goldeneye

Red-breasted Merganser vs Fulvous Whistling Duck

American Wigeon vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Mottled Duck vs Greater Scaup

Common Goldeneye vs Northern Pintail

Surf Scoter vs Trumpeter Swan

Bracket B

Canvasback vs Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead vs Lesser Scaup

King Eider vs Spectacled Eider

Ruddy Duck vs Ross's Goose

White-winged Scoter vs Pink-footed Goose

Harlequin Duck vs Barnacle Goose

Gadwall vs Steller's Eider

Common Eider vs Brant

#ducks #birds #waterfowl #duck poll #tumblr polls

[dansnaturepictures]

04/01/2023-Blog 2 of 2: Portland Bill 

Following on from my previous post, icing was applied to the cake of another monumental day of birdwatching to start our year. Six more super year ticks awaited; started in the car park where alongside a Pied Wagtail and sweetly flocking Starlings the second picture in this photoset shows these were a couple of Rock Pipits. On a brilliant run I’m on for seeing these birds I got some exquisite views of this rustic coastal bird, I took the first picture in this photoset of one which I was pleased with, a fitting moment to bring me to 90 birds seen this year. Another Rock Pipit of the multiple ones we saw today by the rocks further round inspired me to a glorious moment as we looked for the Purple Sandpipers here. Upon sight of the pipit I reminisced about the only time we’d seen Purple Sandpiper here prior to today on New Year’s Day in 2020 when I recall well Rock Pipit at this part too. Within minutes of me thinking that I spotted the dark domed head of a Purple Sandpiper and we saw two in this wild weather tucked onto rocks and as we watched them for a bit one was in two pools of water. It was an honour to get cracking views of our first this year of this cherished, fine coloured and classy wader. A gem unearthed on the rocks and seen so well. It’s interesting to have again seen these somewhere other than the mighty ones of Southsea where we usually see them after we saw them here in 2020. I took the seventh and eighth pictures in this photoset today of these birds. 

Out to sea here we got more brilliant Gannet views and used the blustery weather to our advantage to see another of my favourite birds of my favourite type the seabirds Guillemots sailing over the water always a good bird to see early on in a year as we have done here before. One of my moments of the year also occurred when we spotted a few slender, smaller, black-tipped gulls flying by. A phenomenal sighting of another of those seabirds I adore brought in pretty close to land by the weather perhaps, Kittiwakes in winter plumage. This was an epic bird to see and one I did not expect to today, or even this year with no specific seabird holiday planned. This is the first definite Kittiwakes I’ve ever seen in southern England (I thought in hindsight I may possibly have seen one here in December of 2020 in similar conditions but could not be sure). As a bird we mostly see on holidays to far flung coastal parts of the UK (for us) in spring this is my earliest ever sighting of one in a year. With the euphoric high and heartfelt joy of seeing these birds this is one of my species and moments of 2023 so far and sets it apart as something different to other years.

Who also saw the Kittiwakes were a lovely and kind couple of birders we got talking to who had been to all of the locations we did interestingly as well as elsewhere, and they kindly alerted us to Common Scoters out to sea. In the back of our mind as one we did see here before in 2019 we spotted a dozen or more Common Scoters flying over the sea which was an honour, not a bird I am ever guaranteed to see in a year but one I am fond of it was so good to get it seen as they don’t usually feature in our start of years so it was something else different. I really have been lucky with ducks so far this week with so many species seen which is a great theme. In return we had showed the couple the Purple Sandpipers earlier on which felt good. Our final year tick of the day, a Portland specialty, came when we unsuccessfully looked for the Little Owl but saw regal Ravens.

It was nice to see a beautiful purple flower here too which I took the tenth and final picture in this photoset of possibly a beach aster or seaside daisy, and it was special to like others enjoy the dramatic conditions at this rugged and beautiful bit of coast. Seeing spraying waves including jumping into the air as they met rocks was brilliant, and really made you immersed in the wild. I took the fourth, fifth and sixth pictures in this photoset of views here today. There were also extremely beautiful sky scenes over the open landscape and sea here with the creamy sun which the third picture in this photoset shows, a bright full looking moon as the day went on dominating the sky and getting hazy as clouds built more later I took the ninth picture in this photoset of it, wispy long clouds that had started to form when we were at the harbour earlier and a bit of red as the sun set which was lovely to witness. It was especially interesting seeing that on perihelion day when the earth is closest to the sun which I’d not heard of before seeing it on social media tonight. I enjoyed all the lights as we descended down from Portland at darkness. What a fun, packed and adventurous day which I am so thankful for. I hope you all had a nice day.

Wildlife Sightings Summary: My first Rock Pipit, Guillemot, Purple Sandpiper, Kittiwake, Common Scoter and Raven of the year, Gannet, Buzzard, Herring Gull, a few Great Black-backed Gull seen well, a delightful scene of several Oystercatchers on a field on the way in as we saw here in 2020, Cormorant a key bird seen today, possibly Shag, Carrion Crow, Jackdaws seen well, Starlings, another passerine bird as it got dark we didn’t quite see what and Pied Wagtail.

Part 1 of today’s post about our time at Portland Harbour and elsewhere on the isle of Portland today is here: https://dansnaturepictures.tumblr.com/post/705552650108846081/04012023-blog-1-of-2-portland-harbour-and-reap

#rock pipit #rock pipits #guillemot #purple sandpiper #purple sandpipers #guillemots #kittiwake #kittiwakes #gannet #gannets #common scoter #common scoters #raven #birds #birdwatching #nature #photography #england #2023 #world #duck #ducks #happy #photos #birding #walk #walking #seaside #coastal #coast

[okaima]

Karelian words - Waterbirds

Hanhut, hanhi, luikku - (wild) goose Diga, kusja, kušša, syöttöhanhi - (domestic) goose Hanho - male goose Lindu - bird Sorza - (wild) duck Kodisorza - (domestic) duck Vezilindu - waterbird

Bulbakko, heinäsorza, toukačču, zelenččä, žeĺezińä - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Broakkan, jouhelo, jouhisorza, kilkkuna - Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

Gagara, guikku, kuikka - Black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)

Harmairožasorza, härgylindu - Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

Hely, kerkkä, šotka, telkkä - Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Hoabalo, piuručču - Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)

Hoahka - Common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Jouččen, jougoińe, lebedi - Swan (Cygnus)

Kerkkäsorza - Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Kirjavakoškela - Goosander (Mergus merganser)

Kreäkkä, kräkki, kräkyšši, tavi - Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)

Kylmäčin - Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

Meččähanhut - Bean goose (Anser fabalis)

Merihanhi - Greylag goose (Anser anser)

Merimečoi, ńuorkuva - Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Meritedri, mustasorza, romiško, vezitedri - Common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

Mustukulkusorza, sarvisorza - Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Ńunnelo - Smew (Mergellus albellus)

Romiško, sebelihanhi - Brent goose (Branta bernicla)

Šoberka - Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

Vihmakaričča - Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

#Карельский язык #karjal #karjalan kieli #karelian language #kariela