Surf Scoter

We don't see these very often in the river on our hike so I'm posting a pretty crummy far away capture. Fun to see nonetheless.
Thanks for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs

[marlboromaam]

I've never seen anything like it until now. Great capture!

[Shirley]

Don’t they have the coolest beak !

[Diana]

How amazing, I have never heard of this unusual looking bird/duck before. It must have been exciting to see.

[Pat Knowles]

That’s some fancy beak!

[Casablanca]

Great diary shot to have, you know when you saw it last! What a cute bird

[Yolanda]

Great shot

[KV]

Cool bird.

[Corinne C]

What an intriguing bird! Great photo!

[Joan Robillard]

Good shot

[amyK]

Interesting bird; cool to see

[Esther Rosenberg]

Wow, never seen them at all. Cool bird. Next time, please get them closer for me, swim..if that what it takes lol...just kidding.

[Milanie]

That's definitely a new one for me - hadn't even heard the name before. Nice that you were able to get the shot at all.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Rob Z]

What a fascinatingly weird bird!

[Denise Wood]

Always great to get a record of a rare sighting :)