Common Scoter

Common Scoter

Melanitta nigraAves
Common Scoter

Sobre la caza de common scoter

The common scoter is a dark sea duck that spends most of the year on open water. Hunting is done from boats or stands in the skerries.

It is tough and requires heavy shot and good precision. Scoters often fly in tight flocks low over the water.

Hunting is often combined with other seabird hunting along the coast.

Periodo hábil

10 Sep – 23 Dec

Peso

800–1400 g

Distribución

The common scoter breeds in the mountains of Northern Norway. During migration and in winter it is found along the entire Norwegian coast, often in large flocks.

Terreno

Open sea, fjords and coastal waters. The scoter dives for mussels and shellfish on shoals off the coast.

Identificación

The male is entirely black with a yellow knob on the bill. The female is dark brown with paler cheeks.

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