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Posted 14 June 2012 - 01:58 PM
Late Winter picture. Do have Scaups and if so are they Greater or Lesser? According to my Sibley's they are rare here but I have heard them being seen other places than where the photo was taken. It was taken at Barr Lake State Park, Colorado. Sorry about the picture quality.
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:08 PM
Wait for a second opinion but I see both Greater and Lesser (on the left)
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:08 PM
I believe lesser scaup The head of the one on the left seems domed to me.
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2013 bird count = 152 as of 4/19/2013
photo list= 134 as of 4/19/2013
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:09 PM
I first thought of greater scaup because of the one in the center top too. Do they run together?
Life list = 257 as of 3/09/2013 (goal of 300 by end of this year)
2013 bird count = 152 as of 4/19/2013
photo list= 134 as of 4/19/2013
2013 bird count = 152 as of 4/19/2013
photo list= 134 as of 4/19/2013
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:46 PM
Here on Lake Michigan we often get mixed flocks. I don't remember how often we had Greater Scaup when I was in Fort Collins.
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:09 PM
My guess after looking at my Sibley's again is that they are probably Lessers. The Greater are rare here the Lessers are not. Keep hoping Liam will see them and render an opinion 
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 11:28 PM
I'm leaning towards Lesser on all of the birds in your photo, but we do get Greater Scaup here on the Front Range. All of the Greater Scaup I have seen here have been in the late-March / early-April time-frame.
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Broomfield, Colorado
Life List: 287
Colorado List: 215
Latest Lifers: Townsend's Solitaire, Common Redpoll, Rusty Blackbird, Thayer's Gull
See my bird photos on Flickr.
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