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Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Photo by HeidiEaton
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Field Notes

Description:

Male identified by blue bill, purplish tint to head and shape of head

Habitat:

Marshy edge to small pond

Notes:

We were walking past when a man let this Scaup out of a box, saying he had found it in his backyard, unable to fly.

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PublishedMarch 26, 2013

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