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	PEARL - LoveToKnow Article on PEARL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The latter states that the pearl is produced in a sac which is situated beneath the epidermis of the mantle and is lined by an epithelium.
		At Billiers, Morbihan, in France, the host of the adult Trematode is another species of duck, namely the common Scoter, Oedernia nigra, which is notorious in the locality for its avidity for mussels.
		The nacreous surface of this shell is white, without the fl or dark margin of the common species; it is known in the trade as the silver-lip, gold-lip and by other names.
	58.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PEARL.htm (6140 words)

	PEARL - Online Information article about PEARL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
		According to the latest researches the cause of pearl-formation is in most cases, perhaps in all, the dead body of a minute parasite within the tissues of a mollusc, around which nacreous deposit is secreted.
		Dr Jameson points out that, as in other cases, pearls in Mytilus are common in certain special localities and rare elsewhere, and that the said localities are those where the parasite and its hosts are plentiful.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PEARL.html (4625 words)

	Coastal and Pelagic Birds of Long Island
		Mallard (Anas platyrynchos) - a common breeding duck and winter resident in freshwater ponds adjacent to the coast.
		Also common in the spring and especially common in the fall along the south shore barrier islands where it is not unusual to see flocks involving several thousand birds massing and swirling together.
		The saltmarsh sharp-tailed is a common breeding bird especially in saltmarshes along the south shore.
	www.cresli.org /cresli/Birds/LIbirds.html (3905 words)

	Common scoter - Melanitta nigra: More Information - ARKive
		Common scoters tend to fly close to the sea in long lines or in small groups, when they produce a whistling call.
		The common scoter breeds in Fenno-Scandia, northern Russia, Iceland, Scotland and in north-west Ireland.
		In the last 25 years the UK breeding population of the common scoter has declined by over 50%, and it was completely lost from Northern Ireland by the early 1990s (3).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Melanitta_nigra/more_info.html (706 words)

	Scoter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This flock of 28 Common Scoter were found mid-afternoon and remained until late evening.
		Eight Common Scoter were also present at Willen Lake on the previous day with two remaining until 1st April.
		Common Scoter are recorded most years in the county, usually in the north of the county and in the periods April-May or Oct-Nov.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/Scoter.htm (151 words)

	Towhee.net - A Yank Birds in Europe: Farne Islands, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common, Arctic, Sandwich and the now very local Roseate Tern all breed as well as Common Eider, Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover.
		Common Wren is a permanent resident on the islands as is Rock Pipit, Barn Swallow is a summer visitor.
		Offshore during spring and autumn divers, shearwaters, skuas and scoter are regularly seen.
	www.towhee.net /europe/farne.html (436 words)

	Merginae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Scoter or American Scoter Melanitta americana (sometimes considered a subspecies of M.
		White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi (sometimes considered a subspecies of M.
		These are the least marine of this group, only Red-breasted being common on the sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merginae (276 words)

	Action plan for Melanitta nigra
		Common scoters have important moulting and wintering localities in the UK, with 25,000-30,000 distributed in inshore waters.
		The common scoter is specially protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.
		Raise the profile of common scoter as a species that has recently become extinct as a breeder in Northern Ireland and is under threat from land-use changes in the Flow Country.
	www.ukbap.org.uk /UKPlans.aspx?ID=444 (853 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
		The female White-winged and Surf Scoters have white patches behind the eye and between the eye and the base of the bill.
		Habitat: The Common Scoter is found in small ponds in the boreal forest during the breeding season.
		Behavior: The Common Scoter is a diving bird and during the winter dive and swim under water, tearing the sessile prey from the rocks near the coastlines.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Mnigra.htm (314 words)

	Common scoter - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Common scoter - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		An all dark seaduck, the male is totally fl and the female lighter, with a pale face.
		Common scoters partially open their wings when diving underwater to help them manoeuvre
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/c/commonscoter/index.asp (247 words)

	Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common migrants in the Bill area included 30 Wheatears, 4 Whinchats, a Redstart, a Sedge Warbler, a Spotted Flycatcher and a Redpoll, whilst elsewhere there were 3 Spotted Flycatchers and a Wood Warbler at Verne Common; the resident Red-legged Partridge was also seen again at Southwell.
		Common migrants were only thinly spread again, with the best being a couple of Turtle Doves and the first 2 Spotted Flycatchers of the year at the Bill.
		Common migrants were very thin on the ground, with the best being the odd Redstart here and there, 2 Turtle Doves in Top Fields and a wandering Buzzard; Swallows passed through in some quantity and a couple more presumed migrant Buzzards passed quickly north.
	www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk /birds_april2003.htm (3666 words)

	Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings June 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Single Reed Warblers were new arrivals at the Bill and Verne Common, but the only other news was of seawatching at the Bill where the 16 Common Scoter, 4 Manx Shearwaters and 1 Arctic Skua that passed through were somewhat eclipsed by the sighting of a distant waterspout.
		Two Common Scoter, a Manx Shearwater and a Sandwich Tern passed through off the Bill and a lone Curlew was the pick of the waders at Ferrybridge.
		Yesterday's 'red' Common Rosefinch was found again at Verne Common, although it remained extremely elusive; in the evening a 'brown' male was discovered lurking in a weedy field at Southwell, where it too proved tricky to see.
	www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk /birds_june2004.htm (1759 words)

	DMU's (Danish National Environmental Research Institute's) bird count from aeroplane at Horns Rev on 9 April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On 27 April 9,230 species were counted and on 21 April 16,902 common scoters were counted whereas only 75 common scoters were spotted during a count made on 20 April which was of significantly shorter duration than the succeeding ones.
		Thus, the number of common scoters made during this count must be categorised in the lower end.
		During the autumn and winter most of the common scoter are spotted in the waters west of Skallingen and Fanoe.
	www.hornsrev.dk /Engelsk/nyheder/nyh_jun_02/uk-fugletaelling.htm (359 words)

	Folkestone & Hythe Birding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		30 Common Scoter flew west past Mill Point on the 3rd, 12 Common Terns were off Mill Point on the 30th and a peak of 21 Sandwich Terns were at Nickoll’s Quarry on the 28th.
		A Common Buzzard was at Pedlinge on the 15th and a male Merlin was seen near Botolph’s Bridge on the 21st.
		Peak counts of Common Scoter were 8 off Hythe Redoubt (1st), 11 west past Copt Point (8th) and 7 off Mill Point (28th), and an Eider was reported off Samphire Hoe on the 30th.
	www.geocities.com /folkestone_birding/previous_2005.html (6945 words)

	The common scoter and spisula fishing - Environmental Data Compendium
		The common scoter is primarily found inshore, where it lives on the bivalve spisula.
		In the Netherlands common scoters are almost invariably found near the coast (i.e.
		The map, which is based on midwinter censuses, shows the distribution of the common scoter in the period 1993-2001.
	www.mnp.nl /mnc/i-en-1248.html (210 words)

	New England Seabirds - Results Seawatch Winter 2001 -2002
		Common Goldeneye (1) Red-breasted Merganser (860) SKUA sp.
		Common Loon (186) Red-necked Grebe (12) Greater Shearwater (175) Northern Gannet (3200): Estimated 90% adults.
		Scoters still do not seem to be moving: I saw only 17 white-wings, 10 surfs, and 4 dark-wings in 75 minutes.
	www.neseabirds.com /seawatch2002.htm (5366 words)

	* Common Scoter - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Formerly called the Common Scoter, the Black Scoter is the least common of the three scoters.
		The Black Scoter is generally the least common of the three Scoter species found in North America, despite their former name of "Common Scoter".
		They are more vocal than the other Scoter species, and have a very musical call for a duck...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/common_scoter.html (152 words)

	July2004
		A brief seawatch off Minnis Bay in the late afternoon involved 65 Common Scoter offshore, 6 Sandwich Terns E and 1 Gannet E, but no sign of Black Terns, which were apparently present in some numbers off Whitstable.
		A flock of 160 Common Scoter were sitting off Minnis Bay in the afternoon.
		A flock of 30 Common Scoter was sheltering offshore at noon, before atrocious weather arrived in the afternoon, with NE gales and heavy rain.
	www.kentos.org.uk /Reculver/July2004.htm (1763 words)

	All About Birds
		A coastal duck that breeds in the subarctic, the Black Scoter is not well studied in North America.
		In the form found in Europe, the "Common Scoter," the male has a larger swollen knob at the base of the upper bill that is fl on the sides with a yellow stripe on top, not entirely yellow.
		Unlike other scoters, it almost always punctuates a Wing-flap with a characteristic downward thrust of head, as if its neck were momentarily broken.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black_Scoter.html (248 words)

	SCOTER - Definition
		Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {fl duck}, {fl diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O.
		The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O.
		Americana}), called also {fl coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/scoter (123 words)

	Common Scoter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Scoter is also known as the Black Scoter or the American Scoter.
		The Common Scoter inhabits Alaska, northeastern Canada, Iceland and northern Eurasia and migrates to the southern US and Mediterranean come winter.
		The Common Scoter is a diving duck that is about 18.5 inches long.
	cse.ben.edu /museum/catalog/00202_common_scoter.htm (118 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
		The female Common Scoter lacks defined white patches on the head, but the lower half of the head is lighter than the top half.
		Overwintering Range: The Surf Scoter overwinters along both coasts of North America from Alaska to Southern California in the west and Newfoundland to Texas in the east.
		Behavior: The Surf Scoter is a diving duck, diving and swimming underwater during its search for food.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Mpersp.htm (331 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The breeding range of the Black Scoter is at the edge of the northern forest or in the treeless tundra, where they breed on small, shallow lakes, ponds, sloughs, and river banks with tall grasses to conceal nests.
		Scoters spend the non-breeding part of the year in large flocks on the ocean.
		Many surveys of scoters do not differentiate between the three species, and it is difficult to determine the population trends of each species independently.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=86 (791 words)

	BIRD SIGHTINGS AT SPURN BIRD OSBERVATORY
		Seabirds ; Gannet 4, Arctic Skua 1, Kittiwake 3, Sandwich Tern 80, Common Tern 5, Auk sp.2, Razorbill 1.
		Seabirds ; Fulmar 52, Manx Shearwater 45, Gannet 226, Arctic Skua 14, Bonxie 2, Kittiwake 74, Sandwich Tern 53, Common Tern 2, Auk sp.
		Seabirds ; Gannet 31, Cormorant 9, Arctic Skua 4, Kittiwake 1, Common Tern 65, Auk sp.5, Guillemot 3.
	www.spurnpoint.com /julybird04.htm (2345 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scoters are large, mostly fl or dark gray sea ducks, and the White-winged Scoter is the largest of the three species.
		White-winged Scoters are among the latest migrant ducks to reach the breeding grounds, and much is not known about their migratory patterns.
		White-winged Scoters are the most common scoter to be found on inland sites outside of the breeding season.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=85 (822 words)

	Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Estonia, May 2004
		Common Buzzard was soon found followed by a male Montagu's Harrier and then later a Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Ravens, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Hobby and then a pair of Montagu's Harriers.
		Common Sandpiper and White Wagtail patrolled the beach and it was good to see three Goosander flying alongside a group of Red-breasted Merganser.
		Arctic and Common Terns fed in the boat's wake, and Long-tailed Ducks were everywhere.
	www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=646 (3727 words)

	Velvet Scoter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The French call the scoter, Macreuse brune, in Spanish it is Negrón especulado, in German Samtente, the Danes call the scoter Fløjlsand and in Norway they call it Sjøorre.
		The Velvet Scoter with a length of about 20 inches and a wingspan of about three feet is the largest of three dark colored marine ducks commonly called Sea Coots along the Atlantic Sea Coast and readily distinguished from the other two by its white wing bars and very familiar to waterfowl hunters.
		The markings of immature Velvet Scoter is similar to the female, with off-white belly and clearer patches on their face.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/98889 (709 words)

	Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings July 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Seawatching at the Bill produced 33 Common Scoter, 3 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Sandwich Terns; a couple of Sand Martins passed through at the Bill, and waders at Ferrybridge included 3 Sanderling, a Whimbrel and a Curlew Sandpiper.
		Offshore, Common Scoter were also still on the move, with 35 passing down-Channel during the morning.
		Three tardy singing Reed Warblers were in the Bill area, where 4 Common Scoter and a lone Manx Shearwater also passed by on the sea; the only other report was of a singing Chiffchaff at Wakeham.
	www.btinternet.com /~portlandbirdobs/birds_july2003.htm (1357 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Move to protect rare bird
		Plans to protect Carmarthen Bay, the winter home of the common scoter one of the UK's rarest birds, are to go out to public consultation.
		The scoter breeds in the Artic and north Scotland but then flies home to Wales to over-winter in the bay, although some young birds stay all year.
		Experts have studied the bird since 1998 and it is now the focus of the Common Scoter Biodiversity Action Plan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/2546977.stm (405 words)

	Common tern - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common tern - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		These delightful silvery-grey and white birds have long tails which have earned them the nickname 'sea-swallow'.
		Common tern with sand eel in bill - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1614056-00045-002)
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/c/commontern/index.asp (233 words)

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