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	SURF SCOTER (Melanitta perspicillata)
	Like the other scoters, Surf Scoter breeds in Alaska and northern Canada, but is common along both coasts of North America during late fall and winter.


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	Surf Scoter Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter - female Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz

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	Surf Scoter - juvenile Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter - pair Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Surf Scoters Duck Island Roads, Westbrook, CT November, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Surf Scoter Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter - juvenile Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Surf Scoter - female Hammonasset State Park, Madison, CT November 14, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter - flock Duck Island Roads, Westbrook, CT November 27, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Surf Scoter - female Duck Island Roads, Westbrook, CT November 27, 2006 ©John Schwarz	Surf Scoter Duck Island Roads, Westbrook, CT November 27, 2006 ©John Schwarz

	Surf Scoter - flock Juneau, AK June 7, 2008 ©John Schwarz