Found especially on inland waters, Lesser Scaup are one of North America’s most abundant, widespread diving ducks. Often, you will see them with Canvasbacks and Redheads. Energetic Lesser Scaup feed, ...

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.

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 ...

The lesser and greater scaup are better known as bluebills. As the nickname implies, both subspecies have blue bills, and the two birds are very difficult to differentiate. Each is part of the diving ...