Lesser scaup (f)
The Merlin bird ID app leans toward greater, but I'm not convinced - the slightly peaked head seems more lesser than greater. Daniel Irons below and others saw the same thing, so I'm going with lesser. Spotted among some gadwall, common goldeneyes, and red-breasted mergansers with no other scaup in sight in a large inlet off Long Island Sound in southwestern Connecticut.
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Lesser scaup (f)
The Merlin bird ID app leans toward greater, but I'm not convinced - the slightly peaked head seems more lesser than greater. Daniel Irons below and others saw the same thing, so I'm going with lesser. Spotted among some gadwall, common goldeneyes, and red-breasted mergansers with no other scaup in sight in a large inlet off Long Island Sound in southwestern Connecticut.
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Uploaded on January 27, 2019
Taken on January 26, 2019