Lessor Scaup
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Lessor Scaup
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A female lessor scaup side view with water drops from a recent dive scattered over its body.
This image has been featured in the following groups:
FAA Portraits – Birds (5/27/21)
Lessor scaups are winter visitors to Florida, the southern United States, Mexico and Central America, being seen mostly on large lakes, reservoirs and estuaries. The breeding range is primarily Canada and the northern Rocky Mountain states.
These are medium-sized diving ducks that have a very slight tuft at the top rear of the head. The similar greater scaups have smooth rounded heads. All birds have dark heads, appearing iridescent-purple on males in the right light. Males also have white 'side panels' with black fore and aft and a speckled back appearing gray. Breeding females are dark brown overall, with slightly lighter back and sides darker fore and aft. Females at all stages will usually have a white patch of varying size on the side of the face at the base of the bill. Non-breeding females and immature birds are a lighter brown, slightly darker on the back.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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May 27th, 2021
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