Both yesterday Sunday and again this morning Monday Nov. 12 there has been a Black Scoter present behind the statutes of Paul and Babe the Blue Ox on the waterfront in Bemidji off Library Park. The bird is an immature with the white facial disk, black crown and nape and knobless bill of an immature. There is a great deal of white on the underparts visible when the bird dives, which it frequently does. It is in with a few Scaup, very few for this time of year, and many Common Goldeneyes and Common Mergansers. It is about the size of the goldeneyes. At least one other local birder has been able to see it today. It engages in a fair amount of front head thrusting before it dives. The White-winged Scoter found Saturday is also still present but about 500 meters to the south east behind the Hampton Inn on the lake and visible from the public landing next to the hotel.
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