The surf scoters were still present at Jensen Grove Park yesterday (Monday)
evening. They were widely scattered across the pond.

I was wondering what food might be in the large pond to make them stay
since Saturday. Scoters aren’t usually fish or submerged aquatic
vegetation eaters and I didn’t think they would find much in the way of
mussels. But I was able to see 2 resurface from dives with large crayfish
wriggling in their bills.

Also present were 3 common loons, an eared grebe, bufflehead, and a female
American wigeon among a small flock of mallards.

Steven F. Kahl
Deputy Project Leader
Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex
4425 Burley Dr., Ste. A
Chubbuck, ID 83202
P (208) 237-6615 ext 112
F (208) 237-8213

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