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4 Comments

larkinpb
larkinpb 6 years ago

Looks like it could either be a greater or lesser scaup.

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 7 years ago

I'm going with Lesser, based on the head shape ( a wee bit rounder..?) but it's a toughie.

Jellis
Jellis 7 years ago

Sure looks like a Lesser but I could be wrong

Doren B
Doren B 7 years ago

This is a Scaup, but it will be difficult to tell which species of Scaup it is from this photo.

http://www.audubon.org/news/greater-or-l...

HemaShah
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HemaShah

California, USA

Spotted on Feb 19, 2017
Submitted on Feb 19, 2017

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