Excellent article, thanks for sharing! I'll be paying closer attention to
those WW Scoters from now on.
Hendrik
On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/userfiles/file/Velvet%20and%20Whi
te%2Dwinged%20Scoters%20ID%20photo%20guide_BirdwatchFeb14LR.pdf
<http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/userfiles/file/Velvet%20and%20White-winged%20Scoters%20ID%20photo%20guide_BirdwatchFeb14LR.pdf>
Stejneger's is likely as good of a split as Velvet is from White-winged.
With a California record of Common Scoter last winter, and an Oregon record
of apparently a different individual this winter, perhaps all three of the
subject forms discussed in the article are likely to occur in Oregon.
White-winged is of course common in Oregon. All three have been seen in
the flocks of the British and Irish coasts.
