Velvet Scoter

Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:41:32 -0400


At 11:28 PM 6/25/98 EDT, Carlt0nS@aol.com wrote:
>Just for the record, Velvet Scoter is the same bird we call White-winged
>Scoter.
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>Carlton Schooley
>Altoona, PA
>Carlt0nS@aol.com

Yes, but it is a distinct subspecies and may possibly in the future be
considered as a species different than/from the American form.  

Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
Bethesda, Md.  


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>Phil Davis writes:
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>In keeping with our "next Maryland birds" theme ... here is a posting from
>Iceland.  It's just a short hop (as the Jackdaw flies) from Iceland to
>Maryland.  I've snipped out all but we would consider to be the rarities.
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>Phil
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>>Dear chatters,
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>>I managed to make this Icelandic rarity report for May and June for you
>>before I go to France.
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>>Yann Kolbeinsson
>>Iceland
>>dayann@ismennt.is
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>>VELVET SCOTER* (Melanitta fusca):
>>- 11.-28.05.98        1 1y m.   Thveit, Nesjar (SE Iceland).
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