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  1. New Zealand Scaup (f)

    New Zealand Scaup (f)

    Posted the boy the other day. Gotta give her some love too! These scaups, also know as black teals, are such pretty little ducks.
    • Fowl Mouth
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    • black teal duck scaup teal
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. New Zealand Scaup (m)

    New Zealand Scaup (m)

    From the Queenstown Gardens peninsula, looking out into Lake Wakatipu. Tried to get as low as possible over the rocky shore.
    • Fowl Mouth
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    • new zealand new zealand scaup queenstown scaup
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. A

    Greater/Lesser Scaup? -Kansas City

    I'm relatively new to birding, but have had the pleasure of upping my waterfowl game this last week from the Gulf Coast and up the Missouri River valley. I got some great looks at Lesser Scaups around the Kansas City airport (spent an hour watching a dozen from shore with 16x binocs). A few...
  4. Lesser Scaup

    Lesser Scaup

    This was taken off the dock a couple of days ago. I’m not sure if they are greater or lesser, any suggestions/information would be appreciated. Hope you enjoy the image
    • Jim Crosswell
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    • bird scaup waterfowl
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  5. Scaup

    Scaup

    • Digiscoper321
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    • aythya marila scaup west sweden
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. P

    Greater Scaup or Tufted Duck, Gloucestershire UK

    Hi all. Looking through some old records and found an observation that gave me pause. This grainy photo is a bird I originally identified as female Greater Scaup last year in Late July. I have had a lot of encounters with Scaup over the years, and for me the jizz of this bird was very scauplike...
  7. Scaup and a Tufted duck

    Scaup and a Tufted duck

    • Digiscoper321
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    • aythya fuligula aythya marila scaup west sweden
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Scaup

    Scaup

    • Digiscoper321
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    • aythya marila scaup west sweden
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Scaup and 2 Tufted ducks

    Scaup and 2 Tufted ducks

    • Digiscoper321
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    • aythya marila scaup west sweden
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Lesser Scaup

    Lesser Scaup

    Male Lesser Scaup interested in whether or not I had any food at a local park
    • RCHines
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    • aythya affinis lesser scaup male lesser scaup scaup
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  11. MaxesTaxes

    Waterfowl from Vogelplas Starrevaart, Netherlands

    Hi everyone, Here are a few different duck/waterfowl species I photographed in mid-August in the Vogelplas Starrevaart (Netherlands) where I'd like to ask for or confirm my IDs on. The area is known for its high diversity of bird species. I believe it's likely that I was maybe in the "eclipse"...
  12. Gatheredeagle

    Scaup ID help please (S. CA, USA)

    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!
  13. Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Male doing wing flaps.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • austin lesser scaup texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  14. Scaup

    Scaup

    1 male and 2 females sheltering inland from strong winds
    • hindleygreener
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    • scaup
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Scaup

    Scaup

    • Helios
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    • scaup
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Greater Scaup

    Greater Scaup

    • Andy Hall
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    • ducks greater scaup scaup wildfowl
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (male)

    Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac lesser scaup texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  18. Lesser Scaup (female)

    Lesser Scaup (female)

    Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Female.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac lesser scaup texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  19. Greater Scaup (male)

    Greater Scaup (male)

    Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Arrowhead Marsh (Oakland, CA, USA). At this particular nature area, Greater Scaups would be by far the most common ducks. But their wide variations in patterns based on age and gender makes them always a fun subject to photograph; always...
    • CalvinFold
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    • aythya marila scaup
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  20. Greater Scaup (male)

    Greater Scaup (male)

    Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Oakland, CA, USA).
    • CalvinFold
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    • aythya marila scaup
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  21. Greater Scaip

    Greater Scaip

    Cambridge, MD, on the Eastern Shore, provides a wintering home for many ducks.
    • Hughv
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    • scaup
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  22. Lesser Scaup

    Lesser Scaup

    This duck was part of small group of Lesser Scaup, Ring-billed and Northern Shoveler ducks. This was on a small lake that for the last two has not been popular with migrants. I am glad to see them return.
    • blue185jay
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    • aythya affinis lesser scaup
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  23. Scaup

    Scaup

    Photo taken at Hirsel Lake in the Scottish Borders.
    • Martin16
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    • scaup
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Greater Scaup (female)

    Greater Scaup (female)

    Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline. Greater Scaups are very plentiful here, and seem to overwinter the longest of all the seasonal migrants. So quite common in the winter, often in rafts of 2-3 dozen in places, even as spring gets started and only the local birds remain.
    • CalvinFold
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    • aythya marila scaup
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  25. Greater Scaup and Clark's Grebe

    Greater Scaup and Clark's Grebe

    Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 60m. Greater Scaup (left, flapping) and Clark's Grebe (right). Scaups are plentiful here, but first time I've seen one: a) on land, and b) doing anything but swimming. The Clark's Grebe is also new to me, and I've never seen the...
    • CalvinFold
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    • aechmophorus aythya clarkii grebe marila scaup
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
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