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White-winged Scoter Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: White-winged Scoters are a species that breeds on freshwater lakes and ponds throughout much of Canada and Alaska, and of the scoter species, are the ones that are most likely to be seen in South Dakota. However, they normally over-winter on the coasts of the United States, so very few move through South Dakota in migration, and I have had few opportunities to photograph them. All of the photos below are of one bird I found below Oahe Dam near Pierre in November of 2019.

White-winged Scoter - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 1 - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 2 - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 2 - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 4 - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 1

White-winged Scoter 2

White-winged Scoter 3

White-winged Scoter 4

November 17th, 2019

November 17th, 2019

November 17th, 2019

November 17th, 2019

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

White-winged Scoter 5 - Melanitta deglandi

White-winged Scoter 5

November 17th, 2019

Below Oahe Dam near Pierre, South Dakota

Click here for the species description page for the White-winged Scoter.

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