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More Birds, February 2011

I haven't gone on any extended trips this winter, so I've been taking a lot of photos of the waterbirds near my home. On this outing I spotted a scaup (a slightly unusual visitor).
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scaup Male lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
scaup Same scaup again
ring-neck Female ring-necked duck (with male in background)
aythya Scaup in front of female ring-neck
scaup One more photo of the scaup
swan Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
ring-neck Male ring-necked duck
swan Dabbling swan
ring-neck This ring-necked duck had some kind of thread stuck to it
ring-neck At first I thought he seemed to be struggling to tear free
ring-neck But it didn't actually hinder his swimming.