There’s a Long-Tailed Duck in with a large flock of Surf Scoters at Silver Strand beach, here: (32.6222725, -117.1401257)

There is at least one female Black Scoter here as well, way north along the edge of the navy beach property. Possibly another near the Long-tail.

Great time for my camera to be dead

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Nick Thorpe
University Heights

After an extensive photo review, it appears the female Black Scoter was just a convincing Surf. There’s probably a Black Scoter somewhere amongst the hundreds of Surfs off Silver Strand right now, though. I didn’t make it too far south of Coronado Cays Blvd.; the rare scoters hung out about a half mile south of there last winter.

The Long-tailed Duck however is real, and looks to be a basic plumage male, albeit missing the namesake long tail.
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Nick Thorpe
University Heights