Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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SEA DUCKS

Black Scoter  Melanitta americana

WINTER:  Accidental.  Two on 19 January 2003 at Byrd Locks & Dam (GR).

SUMMER:  NO RECORDS.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  NO RECORDS.

 Fall:  Casual Visitant.  Four records.  One on 04 November 1989 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (MG); two on 07 November 1992 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, MG); two on 10 November 1990 on the Ohio River at Huntington, WV (WA, MG, AT); one male on 25 October 2007 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, MG, DP).

REMARKS:

Brooks (1944) cites a record by Dr. Roy Bird Cook near Huntington, WV (no date given).  See Remarks section for White-winged Scoter.