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scoteror sea cootAny of three species (genus Melanitta) of diving duck that are mainly marine except during the breeding season. The males are shiny black. The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) breeds in the forests and tundra of Canada and Alaska and winters on seacoasts as far south as Florida and southern California. The white-winged, or velvet, scoter (M. deglandi, or fusca) and the black, or common, scoter (M. nigra) occur north of the equator nearly worldwide. All three feed mainly on marine animals such as clams. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Social interaction at computers, play, and self-narration by children encourage language development (Van Scoter, Ellis, & Railsback, 2001). Rehabilitated common murres, western grebes, and white-winged scoters had even less success than the coots or the pelicans. Bob McLandress, a researcher for the California Waterfowl Association, fears for the diving ducks - scaups and scoters - and the canvasback, mallards and pintail, which are arriving earlier this year because of cold weather. |
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