Eight species of Mergini (sea ducks) have been reported to occur on campus:
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Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Stanley Park Seawall, Vancouver, BC (10 Nov 2013)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Saanich Inlet, near Victoria, BC (28 Dec 2015)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
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Bufflehead (Bucephala alveoli)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Blair Pond, Kelowna, BC (13 Mar 2012)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Wilden, Kelowna, BC (17 Mar 2013)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Robert Lake, UBC Okanagan (23 Mar 2017)
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Bufflehead x Goldeneye (hybrid)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Tutt Pond (south of John Hindle Drive near the landfill), UBC Okanagan (5 April 2016) |
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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Photo: Blythe Nilson
Location: Along the Commonage Road, south of Vernon, B.C. (30 April 2018)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Photo: Ian Walker
Location: Munson Pond, Kelowna, BC (22 Mar 2018)
(On-campus photo not available) |
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