greater scaup

This species has increased markedly in the San Francisco Bay region at the expense of the formerly more common Lesser Scaup. Greater Scaup is the only circumpolar member of the Aythyini tribe. This is an adult male showing greenish face and rounded head. Two subspecies are usually recognized...

Bolsa Chica ecological preserve, Huntington Beach, California (1/1/21 approx 3:30) Hi everyone I was wondering if someone could please help me with this ID. I’m leaning one way but I want to make sure. Is this a lesser or greater scaup? Thank you!

Hello. I found these two ducks yesterday in Central Turkey (Ankara province) in a freshwater lake, and I am having hard time IDing them because of some unusual features they have. These ducks were hanging within an Aythya nyroca flock. What I found unusual about them were (i) they have rather...

Fuligule milouinan - Aythya marila - Greater Scaup

Greater Scaup pair feediing in a melt water pond in Barrow, Alaska. Pictures for sale on Pictorem.com/profile/Mike.Ross or mikerossoils.fineartamerica.com.

Group of what I believe is Greater Scaup (feel free to correct me if I am wrong) on small lake where we stayed in Florida..

This species was among the top three most common waterfowl species on the rivers of the Nome area of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska in late May and early June 2014. The birds were breeding and nesting.

It has been bird dulldrums here at home for last couple of weeks. Most warbler migrants have come and gone and still a little early for many of the migrating ducks. So still going thru and processing some of pics from London/Paris trip. Most of the birds I got on that trip were from 1 day walk...

Found this Male Greater Scaup swimming in these very blue reflective waters. The drip of water from the bill was just a bonus.

Exams are here and I have been studying for them that is why I have not spent to much time in the forum or out on the trail. I went to the beach for a break and got a few images of the ducks around the pier. This is a new addition to my gallery. I will be back soon.

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila mariloides) Two subspecies are recognized with only subspecies mariloides being mapped for North America. This flock or raft consisted of about 30 males with no females. Elevation ca. 21 m (69 ft). Photographed on Lake Hood in Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska, USA.

I thought this was a new lifer, but when I checked my recorders, I had seen one in the 1970's. Now that's dating me.

Today's set will be two scaups - one greater and one lesser - plus the promised last shot of the eared grebe. The lesser scaups at Lake Merritt were firsts for me (I'm still going through the pretty common birds here in California). Differences between greater and lesser: Greater has white...

maybe just shaking off some water before her next dive. She didn't seem to be aware of me, sitting slightly hidden between some cyprus trees, but with a nice gap for viewing the lake (well, estuary is probably the right term, as I think it's brackwater - a mix of freshwater runoff from the hills...

of something ... roots of some sort of pond grass?

Yesterday I drove up to my Mom's for an extended weekend. Took along "homework" of course, but still plan to relax a bit. Stopped along the way to deliver gifts to aunt and uncle - nobody home; ditto to niece and grand-neice/-nephew - nobody home. So much for surprise visits. Next time...

Lake Merritt Channel sometimes gives easier access to diving ducks wintering in the Bay Area than the much bigger, better-known Lake Merritt. This particular morning, I had 3 or 4 different scaups dive and come up with mollusks - this was the best of those images.

greater scaup at slimbridge

greater scaup at slimbridge

Thought the colors of the female Scaup were rather unusal especially since the bold patch below the bill was yellowing in color instead of white and her brownish color body was a very dark brown.