scaups

Ring-necked Duck And An Odd Lesser Scaup

By |2024-01-27T12:13:16-07:00January 20th, 2024|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Lesser Scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Seven days ago I found a Ring-necked Duck and an odd Lesser Scaup drake at my local pond. The scaup puzzled me and I wondered if he might be a hybrid.

Lesser Scaup Hen And Drake At Bear River MBR

By |2023-09-28T05:18:54-06:00March 3rd, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Lesser Scaups, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On my last trip up to Bear River MBR I had a brief opportunity to photograph a Lesser Scaup hen next to the auto tour loop as she flapped her wings.

Help With Drake Scaup Identification

By |2021-11-28T06:26:25-07:00November 28th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Scaups, Lesser Scaups, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Every fall and winter when Lesser and Greater Scaups are seen in northern Utah I hear questions about scaup identification.

Drake Lesser Scaup in Salt Lake County

By |2021-11-28T13:11:20-07:00March 13th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Lesser Scaups, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The drake Lesser Scaup did come in close enough to be able to take a few images of it where it almost filled the frame before a man and his dog walked by and caused the scaup to make a hasty retreat to the middle of the pond.

Greater Scaup drake in Autumn

By |2021-11-28T11:50:44-07:00October 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Scaups, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last autumn I was able to get up close to a drake Greater Scaup at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I'm hoping that I see more of them this year.

Greater Scaup drake at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2021-11-28T11:32:06-07:00November 18th, 2014|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Greater Scaups, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Greater Scaup drake is making the transition into his breeding plumage an was in among American Coots, a resting female scaup, Pied-Billed Grebes and a single Canvasback.

Looking ahead to winter

By |2023-10-25T09:22:27-06:00September 27th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Common Ravens, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Lesser Scaups, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We catch up and share stories of birds we saw in the warmer months and reveal the journeys we have been on.

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