70 Lesser Scaup

• A group are called; Brace / Flush / Raft / Team / Paddling.
• This is one of many we see.  This spring I would say Canada Geese, Mallard ducks then Lesser Scaup have been most popular this early spring.
• They have a beautiful silver bill that at time can look blue.  A back coloring similar to a Canvasback. 
• They birds are divers and feed on Scalp, mollusk, mussels and clams found in the muddy bottoms.
• These ducks have a particular survival trick, they play dead when attacked by foxes. 
• The chicks can dive even on their hatch day.
• They aren't very vocal.  The female has a scaup type call that their name may have come from.