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Sunday, March 30. 2014

Greater or Lesser Scaup?

I can't tell the difference. They're all Bluebills to me. I saw these guys yesterday.


Posted by Gwynnie at 05:18 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Very hard to say, but I'm going to plump for Greater Scaup, because 1) the bills look very bright blue (Lesser Scaups are usually a bit duller blue) and more wedge-shaped (Lessers tend to flatten out at the tip), and 2) it looks like they're in the ocean, and in fresh water Lesser Scaups are more common. But it's not really definitive-- the two species mix within the same flock, and you can't really be 100% certain. They know, but we don't. :)
#1 Janet on 2014-03-30 09:12 (Reply)
They were in SF Bay, diving for their favorite clams & snails. (Makes them perfectly safe from me)!
#1.1 Gwynne on 2014-03-31 11:02 (Reply)
Those are polar ducks.

They're victims of global warming. Their ice habitat is melted.
#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-03-30 10:15 (Reply)
Maybe the Medium Scaup?
#3 Sam L. on 2014-03-30 16:20 (Reply)
Lesser scaup. We had them on our lake all winter. The shovelers are here now.
#4 B Lewis on 2014-03-31 09:30 (Reply)

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