#lesserscaup — Public Fediverse posts

Hopefully we have reached the end of the current heat wave. Yesterday we maxed out officially at 105.1℉
(English units since the airport uses those - 40.6℃ metric. Went out to the Nature Center to look for reported Rare Birds - A Chestnut Sided Warbler, and Lesser Scaups. Did not see either. The Warbler, I believe since the report is from a very experienced birder and fits with other sightings.

https://ebird.org/species/chswar/US-OK-143

The Scaups, well seems too early, and these are easy to confuse - not to take away from the observers. The Scaups should arrive by end of month.

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Lesser Scaup, male -- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 16
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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!
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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.
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