#lesser scaups

[whatnext10]

It was Very Exciting to See These Lesser Scaups

Afternoon Nap It seems like every time I go out to Cedar Key I find some new bird to add to my life list. When I went last week I was specifically hoping to see some white pelicans (which aren’t a new species to me), but I only got to see our year long residents, the brown pelicans. But while I was there I did find a group of lesser scaups (Aythya affinis), also known as little blue bills or…

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#avians #beautiful birds #bird photographs #bird photography #birds #black and white birds #diving birds #diving ducks #duck photographs #duck photography #ducks #Florida birds #Florida ducks #Florida scaups #Florida winter birds #lesser scaups #photography #scaup photographs #scaups #wildlife #wildlife photographs #wildlife photography #winter ducks #winter scaups

[vintagewildlife]

Lesser scaup ducks By: Allen, Kellogg & Tanner From: Natural History Magazine 1936

#lesser scaup #wild duck #duck #anseriform #bird #1936 #1930s #Natural History Magazine #Arthur A. Allen #P. Paul Kellogg #James S. Tanner

[wingedjewels]

DSC_2616 by Paul Riconscente Via Flickr: Male Lesser Scaup looking good for mating season

#lesser #scaup #water #male #California #Lake Tahoe #South Lake Tahoe #Wildlife #flickr

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife, January 1966. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

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#birds #waterfowl #ducks #mallards #wood ducks #pintail ducks #lesser scaup #ring-necked ducks #Wallace Hughes

[richs-pics]

A pair of lesser scaup

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[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Lesser Scaup

^Image credit: Basar

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 

The Lesser Scaup (adult female pictured) is extremely visually similar to the Greater Scaup, which it forms a superspecies with. Despite having the largest population of any diving duck species in North America their population has been declining steadily since the mid-1980's, with indications that their breeding success is decreasing, though exactly why remains uncertain.

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[north-american-duck-poll]

Round 1 match 2B

#bufflehead #lesser scaup #ducks #duck poll #tumblr polls #round 1

[tenth-sentence]

And finally, in many species (e.g., Greylag Geese, Oystercatchers), individuals form bisexual trios that parent offspring together (often contrasting with heterosexual trios and/or homosexual pairs within the same species).⁶⁷

67. Western Gull (Hunt et al. 1984); Black-winged Stilt (Kitagawa 1988); Lesser Scaup Duck (Afton 1993; Munro 1941); Acorn Woodpecker (W. D. Koenig, personal communication); Squirrel Monkey (Ploog 1967:159-60); Greylag Goose (Lorenz 1979, 1991); Oystercatcher (Heg and van Treuren 1998). Although female coparents in Acorn Woodpeckers are "platonic" in that they do not specifically engage in courtship or sexual behavior with one another, they still participate in group mounting displays characteristic of this species (which usually include homosexual mounting and may actually involve mounting of their coparent).

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

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[timinsaskatoon]

Lesser Scaup from the Birbs of Saskatchetoon Sketchbook

#birbsofsaskatchetoon #birbs of tumblr #lesser scaup #bird art

[okbirdphotos]

Lesser Scaup, photobombed by a few other waterfowl

Virginia, March 2024

#birds #bird photography #lesser scaup #LESC #anseriformes #anatidae #Aythya affinis #ducks! #and i'll tag banding codes for photobombs too so #GADW #MALL #CAGO #unfortunately i did NOT get a picture of the wood ducks i saw right afterwards. so i am really mad.

[peanutkrow]

03/18/24

#DUCKS #lesser scaup #gadwall #mallard #mallard hybrid #common loon #american wigeon #green-winged teal #birds #bird photography #waterfowl #migration

[capecodadventurepictures]

Lesser Scaup in Falmouth 03/10/24

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#2024 #Duck #Lesser Scaup #Perch Pond #Scaup

[pktechgirlus]

Photo: LDeans

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[sol2sleepy]

Posting a bird for every 13th day of each month alert!?!?!

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Blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata)

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[emperornorton47]

Lesser Scaup

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[north-american-duck-poll]

Round 1 match 6B

The Northern Pintail is sexually dimorphic, meaning the females look different from the males. The female is mottled brown like many other female dabbling ducks, but has a long, slender neck, making the silhouette unique. This duck is globally widespread and its breeding range encompasses much of the northern hemisphere.

The Lesser Scaup is sexually dimorphic, meaning the females look different from the males. Females are brown all over with a dark brown head that has a patch of white feathers at the base of the bill. They can be distinguished from the Greater Scaup by their head shape, as Lesser Scaups have a slight peak at the back of their heads.

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