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Greater or Lesser Scaup-USA (1 Viewer)

cwbirder

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Attached are several photos of some scaup that were seen on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The photos were taken October 19th of this year.

In the field I ID'd them as Greater Scaup due to head shape. Greaters are unusual for this location (I have only ever seen Lessers there previously). What do you think?

Thanks.
 

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Thank you all for your input. That is what I thought, but as they are uncommon in WI away from the great lakes, I figured I would check.
 
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