[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This juvenile drake Lesser Scaup was photographed at Wadley Barron Park, Midland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 1, 2009)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This female Lesser Scaup was photographed at Wadley Barron Park, Midland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 8, 2009)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This male Lesser Scaup was photographed at the Midland Christmas Bird Count, Midland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 2, 2010)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This female Lesser Scaup was photographed at the Midland Christmas Bird Count, Midland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 2, 2010)

[Length 19 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

The male Black Scoter is a sea duck with an all black body, and a bulbous orange bill with a dark tip. The female is a dull brownish color, with a light throat and cheeks, and a bulbous yellow bill with a dark tip. Black Scoters breed in western Alaska and eastern Canada. In winter they move south along the coasts and are found from the Aleutian Islands and the southern coast of Alaska to southern California in the west, and eastern Canada to Florida in the east. This male Black Scoter was photographed on the beach at Higbee Beach in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 19 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This female Black Scoter was photographed on the beach at Higbee Beach in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 20 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This drake Surf Scoter was photographed along the beach at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1982)

[Length 21 in. Wingspan 34 in.]

The male White-winged Scoter is a sea duck with an all black body, a small white eye patch, and a red bill which is covered by feathers on its upper half. The female is a dull brownish color, with a grayish patch over the ear and another in front of the eye. A white wing patch is often visible near the rear when the bird is in the water. In flight the white speculum (trailing edge of the inner wing), for which the bird is named, is easily seen. White-winged Scoters breed in central Alaska, and western and central Canada. In winter they move south along the coasts and are found from the Aleutian Islands and the southern coast of Alaska to Baja California in the west, and eastern Canada to the Carolinas in the east. This female White-winged Scoter was photographed at Bodega Bay, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)