Greater Scaup – Page 2

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The North Basin is the body of water between

* American Crow American Wigeon Berkeley Meadow Birds Black-necked Stilt Canada Goose Common Goldeneye Greater Scaup Mallard Ruddy Duck Western Grebe

By an Early Light

December 19, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala clangula, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Himantopus mexicanus, Mareca americana, Oxyura jamaicensis

I was in luck this morning. As I began my walk around eight o’clock, the sun slanted almost flat to

* Birds Greater Scaup

Scaup City

December 12, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 4 Comments Aythya marila

Bufflehead came by the hundreds, but only a few dozen stayed. Coots come and go unpredictably. Of the scores of

* Birds Greater Scaup Ruddy Duck

Hundreds of Migrants Arrive

November 21, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 2 Comments Aythya marila, Oxyura jamaicensis

Today’s balmy weather brought hundreds of migrant birds to the North Basin. The sizeable flock appeared to be almost entirely

* Birds Bufflehead Greater Scaup

Bufflehead Invasion

November 6, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aythya marila, Bucephala albeola

They came by night. Sunday evening at sunset I counted maybe a dozen. This morning, as the sun cleared the

* American Coot Birds Brown Pelican Burrowing Owl Double-crested Cormorant Extreme Tides Greater Scaup Maintenance Western Gull Willet

Consolation for No Owls

October 2, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Tringa semipalmata

As a new graduate of the Burrowing Owl Docent Training Program, I knew that these unique birds are crepuscular (most

* American Coot Birds Greater Scaup

Solo Scaup Still Here

July 17, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aythya marila, Fulica americana

The male Scaup who did not join the migration north in April is still here, seen cruising busily in the

* American Coot Birds Greater Scaup

A Bachelor Scaup

June 13, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aythya marila, Fulica americana

At first acquaintance, migratory birds seem to move in a solid mass, all for one and one for all. Closer

* American Coot Birds Brown Pelican Extreme Tides Greater Scaup Mallard Marbled Godwit Ring-billed Gull Snowy Egret Western Gull

Not Snowbirds, These

June 11, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Egretta thula, Fulica americana, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Pelecanus occidentalis

It was a minus 0.55 tide early Saturday morning, low enough to expose yards of mud all along the parkside

* Birds Greater Scaup

Scaup Female Alone No More

May 23, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 3 Comments Aythya marila

The lone female Scaup who missed the migration a month ago is alone no more. From somewhere, four male Scaup

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