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tember) in Goodnews, Chagvan, and Nanvak bays; P. D. Ameson and D. 



B. McDonald (personal communication) found them near Crooked, High, 

 and Hagemeister islands in June-July 1977. Flightless scoters were in our 

 study area beginning 15 August. Estimates of black scoters during aerial 

 surveys along the coast included 1,208 in 1988 (4 October) and 1,518 in 

 1989 (7 October; R. J. King and L. Denlinger, unpublished). 



We found nesting scoters near Nanvak Bay: One nest in tall sedge 

 (Carex sp.) had four of six eggs hatch during 11-15 August 1970, and one 

 young with some down still visible was in the Slug River on 5 September 

 1973. D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd (personal communication) found 5 females 

 with 25 young in Nanvak Bay on 3 August 1981. Birds were recorded 

 inland at Icebox Lake and the Kisaralik River on 16-17 June 1987 (B. J. 

 McCaffery, personal communication), Kagati Lake in July- August 1962 

 (M. J. Fry, unpublished), the Kanektok River in June 1977 (White and 

 Boyce 1978), and the lower Eek River on 11 August 1976 (R. Baxter, 

 unpublished). 



Surf scoter {Melanitta perspicillatd). Cspm, VRsr? (23 April- 

 25 September). 



Surf scoters used coastal areas and possibly nested in the Ahklun 

 Mountains. We frequently saw them during spring and summer migration 

 (21 June-10 August 1970, 1-11 June 1973, and 21 May-13 July 1976). 



C. P. Dau (unpublished) reported 10 birds between Platinum and Security 

 Cove on 23 April 1981, and D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee (unpub- 

 lished) found a flock of about 30 individuals (both sexes) feeding along 

 the coast near Chagvan Bay on 22 May 1987. 



Peaks of movement past Cape Peirce were noted on 22 June 1970 (98 

 birds p>er hour during 2 h), 30 June 1976 (71 birds per hour during 2 h; 

 this study), and 11 July 1984 and 1985 (Herter et al. 1989). We found 

 molting birds in Chagvan Bay Quly 1974) and frequently found scoters 

 there near the cliffs and feeding in the surf Qune-September). Surf scoters 

 were also found near Crooked, High, and Hagemeister islands in June-July 

 1977 (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, personal communication). We 

 found flightless scoters at Cape Peirce beginning on 30 July, and flightless 

 birds were still present on 9 September 1976 when we left the area. 

 Scoters possibly nest in the Ahklun Mountains. They were seen at the Eek 

 River on 10 August 1976 (R. Baxter, unpublished) and at Kagati Lake in 

 summer 1962 (M.J. Fry, unpublished). 



White-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca). Cspm, Rsr?, Cfm (23 April- 

 8 October). 



White-winged scoters were common in coastal areas and possibly 

 nested in the Ahklun Mountains. Nineteen birds were between Platinum 



