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 ...

Tom Fowlks THE SURF SCOTERS come in fast, dive-bombing our decoys ... Instead, we talk about rendering duck fat, about the whitetail shoulder mount Mapp plans to hang on her living room wall, and ...

Timing All during October, the flights of whitewing, common and surf scoters will intensify. Eventually included will be sporadic pairs and very small flocks of long-tailed ducks ("oldsquaws" to ...