(1) Sea ducks like scoters and eiders are also divers.(2) In Washington from mid-October to early May, long-tailed ducks are usually found in deep salt water, sometimes intermingled with scoters .(3) The Red-Breasted Merganser is also a bold world traveler, plying icy waters where usually only scoters and eiders dare to tread.(4) Fall and winter bring storms, yes, but also lines of scoters and an occasional spouting whale.(5) Below we report the geographic distribution of long-tailed ducks, eiders, scoters , glaucous gulls, and Pacific loons with respect to month and ice cover.
