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Melanitta perspicillata (Surf Scoter)

These sea ducks blend in really well on just a bed a seaweed.


Altitude: 0m (0 feet)
Camera: Nikon D850
Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Exposure: 1/400 sec at f8.0
Exposure Compensation: 839 ev
ISO: 100 asa
Lens: 400mm f2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR + TC-20E III
With cropping (you see 13% of the image as shot), this lens is effectively a 2218mm lens on a 35mm camera
Location:
Cliffs At East Point Female Molothrus Ater Pear Tree At Edge Of Island Low Tide At East Point Cliffs At East Point Pear Tree At Edge Of Island Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna Cliffs At East Point Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists Low Tide At East Point Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna Cliffs At East Point Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists New National Park Sign Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset End of Bodega Ridge Front of House Undercut Rock Wall Four Otters Sunset From The Crows Nest Curve of Time in Bay Curve of Time in Bay Cliffs At East Point Female Molothrus Ater Pear Tree At Edge Of Island Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Cliffs At East Point Pear Tree At Edge Of Island Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna Cliffs At East Point Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Claira With Freighter Behind Her Farm Stand Four Tourists Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna Cliffs At East Point Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists New National Park Sign Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Front of House Undercut Rock Wall Four Otters Sunset From The Crows Nest Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna New National Park Sign Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Front of House Four Otters Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna San Juan Lighthouse Me on Deck Saturna Cliffs At East Point Pear Tree At Edge Of Island Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna Cliffs At East Point Saturna Sundries Roadside Stand Farm Stand Four Tourists Big Windows Roe Lake View From Mount Norman Four Otters Sunset From The Crows Nest Just the Head of a Seal Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna San Juan Lighthouse Tents in a Line Big Windows View From Mount Norman Four Otters Sunset From The Crows Nest Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock Saturna San Juan Lighthouse Me on Deck Ferry Terminal Spirit of Vancouver Island New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Downtown Vancouver From Stanley Park Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Stephen And His Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog New National Park Sign Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR Big Windows View From Mount Norman Reflecting Pond Front of House Four Otters Just the Head of a Seal Sea Lions on the Rocks Curve of Time in Bay Weathered Rock New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Stephen And His Sunset Big Windows View From Mount Norman Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Sea Terminal, South Terminal, Main Terminal Of YVR On Approach To Mudge Big Windows Left Side of Cove Panoramic Reflecting Pond Retreat Island Sunset Four Otters Sea Lions on the Rocks New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge Reflecting Pond Four Otters Sandheads Lighthouse Ferry Terminal Dive Site Right Castle With Irises Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants On Approach To Mudge View From Second Chief Mud Flats at Sunset Waiting For Lifts To Open View From Lunch Tarn In Front Of Anniversary Glacier Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow New National Park Sign Yellow Iris With Ants Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Boardwalk In Meadow Rock Margin Front of Condo Fence at Rathtrevor Wharf in Namu Diagonal Falls New National Park Sign Waiting For Lifts To Open Mark And Mike At Summit Boat At Landing Front of Condo Wharf in Namu Immature Bog Cranberry Numa Falls (Veiled) Athabasca Falls Closer Bromley Rock Mount Robson In Fog
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Region: North America, Canada, British Columbia, Capital RD
Scientific Name: species related to Melanitta perspicillata (Surf Scoter)
Larger image: 2000 x 1333
Raw image: 2978 x 1985

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