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- Title
Unusual Foraging Behavior By Surf Scoters ( Melanitta perspicillata) In the Swash Zone.
- Authors
Evens, Jules; Nordbye, Terry
- Abstract
Surf Scoter ( Melanitta perspicillata), a sea duck that winters commonly along the coast of the Pacific Northwest states, was observed exhibiting unusual foraging behavior in the swash zone of a beach on the Point Reyes Peninsula, California, in mid-January of 2015. This note reviews the literature involving scoter foraging behavior, discusses the likely prey items targeted, and the potential risks posed by such behavior.
- Subjects
POINT Reyes Peninsula (Calif.); SURF scoter; FORAGING behavior; SEA ducks; PREY availability
- Publication
Northwestern Naturalist, 2017, Vol 98, Issue 3, p241
- ISSN
1051-1733
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1898/NWN17-01.1