In the Grants Pass/Cave Junction area, Greater Scaup can be found along the
deeper water sections of the Rogue River, but not in great numbers. They turn
up in what you might consider small inland ponds at about the same numbers as
long the river. The are not unusual on Lake Selmac where they seem to favor
the deep water near the face of the dam, which is perhaps the best location in
Josephine to see them (Lesser Scaup here too). Lesser Scaup are more likely on
small-sized "farm" ponds.
Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
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From: Pamela Johnston
To: andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: OBOL
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 7:40 AM
Subject: [obol] Re: Hillsboro Scaup
The factor Lars and Andy are illustrating is the size of the inland/fresh
water that Greater Scaup favor. Birds will do surprising things in a pinch, but
Greaters like larger surfaces overall. That doesn't mean that you won't see
them on canals along the Columbia.
Pam Johnston
On Mar 13, 2016 9:59 PM, Andy Frank <andydfrank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At Broughton Beach on the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Greater and
Lesser Scaup are present in nearly equal numbers. I recall Shawneen Finnegan
and Dave Irons once took on the herculean task of counting all of the scaup
present one winter day. I no longer recall the exact numbers but believe they
counted several thousand scaup and the ratio was somewhere near 60:40. Perhaps
they, or someone else, can correct me or provide the actual numbers.
But in certain inland places, Great Scaup are quite common.
Andy Frank
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