The rest are below. I've been leaning toward Lesser for the lot, but if you know, comment and weigh in.
And another:
And yet another:
And one more:
I'll let you know if someone helps me with the ID on Whatbird.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Scaups
I had a great day birding in the West Valley: Roma, Salineno, and Zapata, Texas. I saw a few new birds (brown jay, white collared seedeaters) and some familiar favorites (vermillion flycatcher, hooded oriole). I'll probably post those pictures later. What I'm currently interested in is these guys--they're Scaups for sure, but there are two types (Greater and Lesser) and the differences are slim. When I saw these guys, I knew right away they would be tough to ID so I took a ton of pictures. These are just a few, cropped and zoomed. This first one is a female for sure and I think it's a Lesser:
The rest are below. I've been leaning toward Lesser for the lot, but if you know, comment and weigh in.
And another:
And yet another:
And one more:
I'll let you know if someone helps me with the ID on Whatbird.
The rest are below. I've been leaning toward Lesser for the lot, but if you know, comment and weigh in.And another:
And yet another:And one more:I'll let you know if someone helps me with the ID on Whatbird.
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Good luck scaups always confuse me!
ReplyDeleteThanks. The word from WhatBird is that at least 2/3 are Lesser, but no one's sure about the other third. That's sort of what I was thinking too, so I figure I'll count the Lesser for my list and then wait to see a Greater somewhere down the line.
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