Water & shore birds
Greater Scaup
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“This led me to believe that I had seen a flock of Greater Scaups.”
March 15, 2023 · Read the column
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Dec 16, 2020
On November 29 there were eight Greater Scaup ducks diving for pondweeds at some distance from the shore on Great Pond, and on December 3 I observed two pairs of Hooded Mergansers on Grondin Pond in Scarborough.
Mar 15, 2023
This led me to believe that I had seen a flock of Greater Scaups.
Dec 17, 2025
Additionally, on the snowy late afternoon of December 2 within Crescent Beach State Park, I observed four Greater Scaup, a Red-throated Loon and a Northern Mockingbird fiercely guarding its winterberry fiefdom.