Unusual Foraging Behavior By Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) In the Swash Zone

Jules Evens; Terry Nordbye

doi:10.1898/NWN17-01.1

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1 December 2017 Unusual Foraging Behavior By Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) In the Swash Zone

Jules Evens, Terry Nordbye

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Northwestern Naturalist, 98(3):241-242 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN17-01.1

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.

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Jules Evens and Terry Nordbye "Unusual Foraging Behavior By Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) In the Swash Zone," Northwestern Naturalist 98(3), 241-242, (1 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN17-01.1

Received: 15 January 2017; Accepted: 1 June 2017; Published: 1 December 2017

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