Who was that fearless surfer that waddled out into the lineup at the pier on Sunday afternoon, nonchalantly “ducking” under waves 10 times taller than it was, seemingly without a care in the world? It ...

ABSTRACT: Surf scoters Melanitta perspicillata are sea ducks that aggregate at spawning events of Pacific herring Clupea pallasi and forage on the eggs, which are deposited in abundance during spring ...

Among other signs of impending geezerhood, I keep noticing that some birds that used to be common are harder and harder to find. I can remember winters when the bay seemed to be paved with surf ...

Surfer Meghan McNertney watched from shore as the oil-soaked sea duck flapped wildly in the waves that pounded Rodeo Beach on the Marin Headlands. The exhausted bird, known as a surf scoter, struggled ...

Nearly all North American seaduck species are exhibiting continental population declines and there is a fear that this trend could be indicative of widespread environmental degradation (Goudie et al.

The Surf Scoter Is A Small Sea Duck that typically arrives in Southern California in the fall. By winter, they are the most common bird found in the San Diego Bay. Males are mostly black with a white, ...

As a kid growing up in landlocked Worthington, Ohio, sea ducks were the stuff of pipe dreams. Smitten with birds since about the age of 8, but with limited mobility in those earlier years, I read ...

I look at the duck and remember the rock. The memory blossoms every time I see a surf scoter, and this autumn surf scoters are appearing at many more local reservoirs than usual. The scoters comprise ...

The morning of my first pheasant hunt in North Dakota, I stared at the male pheasant painted on the side of my coffee cup hoping the artist's rendition was true to life. I tried to memorize the exact ...