Hello, everybody. I was at Smith Reservoir, Costilla County, yesterday afternoon, Friday, March 16. This site is typically good for scaups at this time of the year, and so it was yesterday. I saw at least 100 *Lesser Scaups;* I tallied 109, but I bet there were more. Also 3 *Greater Scaups,* including a striking drake. Speaking of striking drakes, the highlight was a *scaup x Ring-necked Duck* hybrid, and I believe the scaup parent was a Greater. Picture a Tufted Duck, but with a green head and no "tuft" to speak of. Rounding out the genus *Aythya* were 2 *Canvasbacks *and 50+ *Redheads* (54, to be exact).
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