[Length 18 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This male Greater Scaup was photographed at Mittag Pond, Riviera, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 23, 2007)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 28 in.]

This male Greater Scaup was photographed at Mittag Pond, Riviera, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 23, 2007)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This drake 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 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 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 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)