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Bird of the Week
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
A scan of the Puget Sound shoreline in winter will often yield a flock of Surf Scoters. This duck winters primarily on salt water, where it uses its broad bill to feed on crustaceans and mollusks. Surf Scoters breed on freshwater ponds in the boreal forest, where their diet switches more to aquatic insect larvae.
Birding Site of the Week
Mima Mounds
Puget Trough
The Mima Mounds Preserve is a National Natural Landmark, and highlights a unique geological feature: approximately 370 acres of mounded prairie. This grassland is native glacial outwash prairie, a globally rare community. Well developed interpretive trails allow easy access to the prairie and adjacent coniferous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests.
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