Hey everybody, Someone on one of the listserves I read (I forget which one) passed along a nice website (thank-you!) that discusses the separation of Greater and Lesser Scaup. I had a chance to observe a group of scaup at a close distance and looked to see if I could find any Greaters in the group. As far as I could tell, all that was present were Lessers. This is an identification that I know lots of other people struggle with too and I think the website is a good resource. If you want to see some nice photos of scaup with detailed explanations of what to look for check out a link to that page on my blog:
http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com The other observation from today was that I didn't see one Horned Lark where 3 days ago they were everywhere. The south wind has really cleared them out I guess. Roger Everhart Apple Valley, MN http://www.ncbo.org