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Lesser Scaup (female)
Aythya affinis
29.0609, -95.2676
Field Notes
Description:
Medium-sized diving duck with a slight bump or peak on back of head. Bill bluish with small black tip. White area at base of bill. Head and neck dark brown with some light mottling. Back darkish brown with white flecks. Breast buffy brown. Belly whitish. Sides and flanks brown. Tail dark brown. The Lesser Scaup is one of the most abundant and widespread of the diving ducks in North America.
Habitat:
Upper Texas Coast (UTC) 108 BRAZORIA NWR: Brazoria is a vital complex of coastal wetlands and prairie harboring more than 300 bird species. The refuge serves as an end point of the Central Flyway for waterfowl in winter, and an entry point for neotropical migratory songbirds tired from a 600-mile Gulf crossing from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Notes:
In the pond behind the Visitors Center
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