Waterfowl

Surf Scoter

The vast majority of Surf Scoters breed in Canada, but a great number of them spend their winters in coastal Alaska, especially in the state's southeast panhandle. The notable white patches on the head have resulted in the surf-scoters nickname, skunk-head.

Projects and Related Reports

• North American Breeding Waterfowl Survey in Alaska.
• Yukon Flats Scoter Timing Survey.
• Expanded Aerial Surveys of Waterfowl in Alaska
• Beaufort Sea Aerial Water Bird Survey
• Waterbird/Oilspill Impact Modeling Project
• Southwest Alaska Steller's Eider Survey
• Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada Aerial Survey, 2005
• Lower Cook Inlet Aerial Waterbird Survey, 2005
• Aerial survey of emperor geese and other waterbirds in southwestern Alaska Fall 2007 (pdf)
• Aerial survey of emperor geese and other waterbirds in southwestern Alaska Spring 2007 (pdf)
• Near shore surveys of Alaska's arctic coast, 1999-2003 (pdf)
• Aerial scoter and scaup monitoring survey of the Yukon Flats Alaska - 2005 (pdf)
• North Slope Common Eider Survey Reports for the year:
  • 1999 (pdf)
  • 2000 (pdf)
  • 2001 (pdf)
  • 2002 (pdf)
  • 2003 (pdf)
  • 2004 (pdf)
  • 2005 (pdf)
  • 2006 (pdf)
  • 2007 (pdf)

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Last Updated: September 15, 2008