<i>Melanitta perspicillata</i>
Length: 20"
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According to one source, the San Francisco Bay region supports
the largest wintering
population of Surf Scoters in the Pacific Flyway.
Some of the best places in the East Bay, is at the Martin Luther Regional
Park in Oakland,  Miller Knox Park in Point Richmond, and the Cesar
Chavez Park in Berkeley.
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Surf Scoters eat mostly Aquatic Invertebrates and fish.
They eat
lesser quantities of green plant matter.
Scoters breed in Canada and Alaska and are a winter
visitor to the Bay area.
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