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11-Sep-2026 Donald E. Casavecchia

Surf Scoter

Yesterday morning, we headed south on route 101 to Newport - checked into a Best Western.
After checking in, we took a short ride to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. It was so windy, we decided to return in the morning.
This morning, we skipped breakfast and did a revisit; was much better - got some good photos.
Then, we went to Fishtails Cafe for breakfast. We ate way too much, se we headed to the Yaquina Bay State Park and Lighthouse.
Wished this scoter had been in better light!

Nikon Z 6II ,NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S with TC 2X
1/400s f/36.0 at 600mm iso2000
Free Crop of RAW DX NEF file used to generate this .jpg Image full exif


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Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal08-Oct-2026 07:30
The light might not have been the best, but that is a beautiful species.
Hank Vander Velde08-Oct-2026 02:08
Good find and capture Don.
Don07-Oct-2026 22:03
That's a fascinating ?duck.
Carl Carbone07-Oct-2026 21:51
Nice bird and capture!
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