Over the last 20 years scaup numbers have declined, and these declines have been greatest in the northern boreal forests of Canada and Alaska where most lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) nest. We studied ...

January saw two new admissions to the Wildlife Center for care, with both duck species being non-native to Virginia: the ruddy duck and the lesser scaup. Both of these duck species are migratory. They ...

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This week’s nature series features the Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, one of our most common diving ducks that is well known to hunters as the little bluebill or broadbill. This bird is common locally ...

A lesser scaup carrying an implanted satellite transmitter was spending time in Superior's Allouez Bay last week. The duck is one of 16 in a nationwide study that aims to understand what's causing the ...

They're out there right now off the shores of San Francisco Bay, sometimes rafting up in large groups to resist the wind, sometimes diving beneath the gray water to feed: big, handsome ducks with ...

The scaup, it could be said, are difficult ducks to deal with. Two species occur in North America, but you can’t tell by looking. Well, you can, but you have to know what you’re looking for, and you ...

Diets and food preferences of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) breeding in southwestern Manitoba were analyzed. Overall diets differed among reproductive stages, but were similar for paired males (n = 23 ...

As the spring thaw begins to open bodies of water, ducks begin to migrate through Teller County. Although Teller is rather dry, rivers and lakes do attract some diving ducks that like deeper water.

There are currently confirmed cases in Martin, Brevard, Volusia, Charlotte and Palm Beach counties There's a "low risk" the bird flu can spread to humans Lesser scaup ducks appear to be the most ...