[texbirds] Re: Greater Scaup at Mitchell Lake Audubon
- From: Lee Pasquali <l.pasquali.birds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arman Moreno <armanmoreno@xxxxxxxxx>, texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:05:05 -0600
Since we passed in the mail. Please ignore my last email.
Thanks again for replying.
Lee Pasquali
North San Antonio
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Lee Pasquali <l.pasquali.birds@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Thanks for replying Arman.
>
> I have had several discussions on TEXBIRDS as to if a Scalp was a Greater
> and everyone says that the only item that matters is the white wing stripe
> extending on to the inner primaries for the Greater Scaup. Check out the
> comments in Sibley and Stokes.
>
> When I posted this, I knew that I would be back into this discussion!
>
> Lee Pasquali
> North San Antonio
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Arman Moreno <armanmoreno@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Although those flight shots sure look good, which I didn't see before I
>> responded. The sitting duck is throwing me though.
>>
>> Arman
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Arman Moreno <armanmoreno@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lee, I could be wrong but this appears to be a Lesser Scaup. The head
>>> looks awfully pointy and the bill does not appear to be large enough, nor
>>> the nail on the tip as prominent as it should be on GRSC. I would also
>>> expect that the flanks would be much brighter white on a drake at this
>>> point of the year, rather than the dingy coloration of this bird, which is
>>> typical of LESC. Again, my two cents but I think you've got a Lesser here.
>>>
>>> Have a great week,
>>> Arman Moreno
>>> Austin, TX
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Lee Pasquali <
>>> l.pasquali.birds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Today at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center in San Antonio I saw a lone Scaup
>>>> as
>>>> seen at the link below on one of the large ponds labeled West Polder
>>>> that
>>>> appeared to be too large to be a Lesser Scaup.
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/pWaj92
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As the Scaup flew off to the southeast, I obtained several photographs
>>>> showing the white wing stripe extending onto the inner primaries
>>>> indicating
>>>> that the Scaup was a greater. Both the Sibley Bird Guide and Stokes
>>>> Field
>>>> Guide indicate that the white wing stripe extends to the inner
>>>> primaries on
>>>> the Greater Scaup and for the Lesser Scaup only the secondaries are
>>>> white.
>>>> My photos of the Scaup in flight are at the links below.
>>>>
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/qAufh4
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/qAvPYi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lee Pasquali
>>>> North San Antonio
>>>>
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