7 August 2023 - Hollingworth Lake

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Common Scoter

A single drake Common Scoter was present this morning, but typically for the species, it always stayed just about as far as possible from any shoreline.  Added to that the light wasn't especially good, so attached is nothing more than a record shot at best.

Common Scoter-, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 500 mm, ISO 200 (view full size image)