Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Gila Bend Sewage Ponds, Maricopa County

This Greater Scaup was found and photographed by Charles Babbitt on 20 December 2019

Rare but annual winter visitor on larger lakes and reservoirs in Maricopa County.

Broad, smooth rounded head, lacked peaked crown of Lesser Scaup, also a relatively broader bill. Larger than nearby Ring-necked Ducks.

 

20 December 2019, photo by Charles Babbitt

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