Front:
SCAUP DUCK
Female
AQUES
Male
Back:
Subject 7
RESTORE
PROTECT CONSERVE
WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION
YRAT MARK REGGS.PAT OF
AMERICA'S
RESOURCES
WILDLIFE
THE SCAUP DUCK
The Greater Scaup and Lesser
(Nyroca marila)
Scaup are very much alike in
appearance, but the Greater has a
The two kinds of Scaup Ducks, also greenish-glossed head; the head of the
known as "Bluebills" or "Broadbills," Lesser is glossed with purple.
are the bay Ducks that look black at both Both species nest principally in Can-
ends and white in the middle, when sit- ada. The Greater Scaup is the winter
ting on the water. Sometimes when they Scaup of the North Atlantic coast from
raft in large numbers, the water fairly southern New England to North Caro-
boils with the diving and swimming lina. It also winters along the Pacific
birds. It seems as though they must coast, and some migrate through the
surely collide down below.
interior to the Gulf of Mexico.
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