Walked to the end of the "beach" at the Islander Resort in Islamorada in the Florida Keys and right after sighting and photographing a red-breasted merganser (female), spotted what at first looked::text like floating black plastic trash. Used my Fuji consumer camera with 24x optical zoom to take a picture and was astonished to see a very wild looking bird with a weird black bill. A friend from the Fish and Wildlife Service who is an avid birder made the ID after reviewing the pic.