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Gliding through morning mist , a lesser scaup embracing the fog’s gentle glow.

#LesserScaup #DucksOfPixelfed #Waterfowl #DuckPhotography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #FoggyMorning #your_best_birds #MorningMist #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #WildlifePerfection #DucksOfInstagram #WaterBirds #NatureSeekers #OutdoorPhotography #PhotographyLovers #BirdsInFlight #BirdOfTheDay #NatureAddict #WildlifePlanet #AvianBeauty #FeatheredFriends #BirdsInFocus #SereneNature #NatureBrilliance #WildlifeCaptures #BirdingDaily #Nature

Aythya affinis from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 2025-06.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304168368
#Alberta #Anatidae #Aythya #AythyaAffinis #Birds #Canada #Ducks #Edmonton #LesserScaup #Nature #Pond #Scaup #Wildlife

🦆 Dive, Little Duck, Dive!

Meet the Lesser Scaup — a winter regular in the Blue Water Area known to hunters as the little bluebill. Learn how to tell it apart from its cousin, the Greater Scaup, and why it loves our local waters.

👉 Full story on Blue Water Healthy Living: https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/lifestyle/dive-little-duck-dive/

#Birding #WildlifeWednesday #DivingDuck #LesserScaup #BlueWaterArea #MichiganBirds #NatureLovers #GBSMedia #BlueWaterHealthyLiving

Lake of the Lilies

Lake of the Lilies

https://islandinthenet.com/lake-of-the-lilies/

Very Demure

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A female Lesser Scaup duck swimming in a calm lake in Longmont, Colo.

Lesser Than the Greater

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A male Lesser Scaup duck floating on a lake.

Lesser Than the Greater

#LesserScaup #Scaup #DivingDuck #MaleDuck #Wildlife #Birds

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamk0310/53678089647/

Study of ducks, landing -- Burnaby Lake Regional Park, March 15
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#BurnabyLake #birds #MallardDuck #LesserScaup

A female Mallard landing on the water belly-first

A female Lesser Scaup landing on the water feet first and wings spread

Female Lesser Scaup, holding something in her bill -- Burnaby Lake, February 16
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#BurnabyLake #birds #LesserScaup

A female Lesser Scaup is swimming along, and seems to be holding something like a clam in its bill

Lesser Scaup, male -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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#ReifelBirdSanctuary #birds #LesserScaup

A male Lesser Scaup is swimming on calm blue water

Rain subsequently let up and I scoped the pond for ducks. No egrets, no grebes, no Great Blue Herons... At the far side an intermittent patch of white resolved into the pale flanks of a #LesserScaup flashing as it bobbed to the surface, paused for breath, and leapt into another dive. A hint of greenish iridescence tempted me to make it into a Greater (usually on bigger waters like the Columbia) but nothing was otherwise indicative. But a cheerful pond fellow for sure!
#BirdsOf2024 #Birding

A diverse panoply of duckies. We've got scoters, goldeneyes, and scaups -- Third Beach, Vancouver, December 17
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#vancouver #ThirdBeach #BarrowsGoldeneye #SurfScoter #LesserScaup

A lot of ducks quietly swimming. Most of them are Barrow's Goldeneyes (male and female), but we have one Surf Scoter couple, and a couple female / immature Lesser Scaups

Visited the Carson City WWTP Wetlands, between the freeway and the sewage plant (I know, lovely location) where a lot of different birds settle in to enjoy the many reeds and ponds in the area.

#EagleValley #CarsonCity #Nevada #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BlackPhobe #RedWingedBlackbird #Mallard #SongSparrow #CinnamonTeal #Gadwell #MarshWren #CanadaGoose #WilsonsSnipe #AmericanCoot #LesserScaup #PiedBilledGrebe #RuddyDuck #Canvasback

A Black Phobe, a small bird with a black head, black upper chest, black wings, and tail, and a white chest that comes up to a point in the middle, and white undertail, perches on a barbwire s

A red-winged blackbird perches on a reed. His black beak is open wide in the middle of a call, black eye glistens in the sunlight. The song is so strong he has puffed up his chest, exposing t

A flock of 11 Mallards, 10 males and 1 female, swim in a group together across a rippled pond. The male's green heads shine in the sunlight, and their black drake curled feather above their b

A Song Sparrow perches on a bent reed. His (presumably?) beak is open in mid-chirp, the dark reddish-brown stripes standing out from the lighter grey-brown head. His wings are held down to hi

#DDA #Birds #Birding rarities in #Germany, article in german, #Veilchenente (#AythyaAffinis), also called #KleineBergente or #Kanadabergente, english #LesserScaup, danish #LilleBjergand. And #Rostflügeldrossel (#TurdusNaumanniEunomus), english #NaumannsThrush, danish #Rustdrossel.
https://www.dda-web.de/aktuelles/meldungen/seltenheiten-kleine-bergenten-und-rostfluegeldrossel

More #birding pictures after a break for bad weather. We went out New Years Day to get a start on our yearlist. I got a great picture of a #ChestnutBackedChickadee, except for the cut-off tail, a #LesserScaup, a #BlackCappedChickadee and (maybe) a maculatus #SpottedTowhee in light rain.

A Chestnut-backed Chickadee, sitting on a branch with thorns on it. It had a chocolate cap, and a chestnut (browny-red) back.

Lesser Scaup, a brownish diving duck with an orangey eye and white around the dark blueish grey bill, sitting in some calm water in the rain.

A Black-capped Chickadee sitting on a pointy branch, hoping for a snack from me.

A Spotted Towhee sitting on a log with some bird seed spread on it with soft rain in the background.

Ducks floating along the South Platte River in Denver Metro on a lazy Sunday afternoon. 1) Female Lesser Scaup. 2) Male Common Goldeneye Duck 3) Male Bufflehead Duck 4) Male Hooded Merganser Duck and less colorful female with beige hood.
What a thrill to sight the hooded merganser for the first time. Their numbers are increasing in Colorado.
#Ducks #Nature #Photography #South Platte River #HoodedMerganser #CommonGoldeneye #Bufflehead #LesserScaup

#LesserScaup

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