Species Snapshot: Velvet Scoter — the Disappearing Diving Duck

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By The RevelatorMay 7, 2021, 1:12 pm351 pts
By Nika Paposhvili The wide-ranging sea duck known as the velvet scoter can be found in the skies and waters of nearly a dozen European and Asian countries, but it has almost disappeared from some of them. Just a few years ago, it was thought that the geographically isolated breeding population of these birds…

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