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 ...

The Greater Scaup Aythya Marila has made an appearance at Gajoldoba for the first time in recent years. The birds were seen on Sunday during the annual waterfowl census at the Gajoldoba barrage and ...

The Greater Scaup Aythya Marila made an appearance at Gajoldoba that too with its female partner the birds were seen on Sunday during the annual waterfowl census at the Gajoldoba barrage and its ...

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 ...