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scaup

Any of three species (genus Aythya, family Anatidae) of diving ducks. The greater scaup, or big bluebill (A. marila), breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (A. affinis), breeds in northwestern North America. Both are popular game birds, 15–20 in. (38–51 cm) long, that winter along the U.S. coasts. Males have a dark breast and grayish back but differ in head colour and wing markings; females are brown with white patches around the blue bill. Scaups eat mainly clams. The third species is the New Zealand scaup (A. novaeseelandiae).



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At this site you could expect to see common goldeneyes, oldsquaws, red breasted mergansers, common eiders, scaups, loons, black ducks and Canada geese, as well as the more common gulls and shore birds.
You can spot large numbers of Canada geese, black ducks, common mergansers, red-breasted mergansers, common golden-eye, and both scaups during migration.
Bob McLandress, a researcher for the California Waterfowl Association, fears for the diving ducks - scaups and scoters - and the canvasback, mallards and pintail, which are arriving earlier this year because of cold weather.
 
 
 
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