Any chance these could be Surf Scoters?

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, Phil Abrams wrote:

> I saw what appears to be some kind of auks at the Mukilteo Ferry
> landing on 4/16, two males and 5 females. They had large
> red/orange auk-like bills and a large white area on the front and
> the back of the males' heads. The females lacked the color on
> their bills and the white areas on their heads. Can't find them
> in Audubon or Peterson.
>
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