Lesser Scaup is currently chilling in the middle of a raft of 100+ Canvasbacks at DeKorte in the Saw Mill Creek tidal impoundment...
(Thank you to Ray Duffy for pointing her out!)
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January 27, 2012
Lesser Scaup at DeKorte
Lesser Scaup is currently chilling in the middle of a raft of 100+ Canvasbacks at DeKorte in the Saw Mill Creek tidal impoundment...
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