Cloudy weather yesterday in Erie County, Pennsylvania, but the forecast calls for sun later today (Saturday) + the next few days. A reminder that as of 1 November, outer Gull Point is open for human access for the ‘off season’ = good time for an extended hike on the outer beach. But for now, back to the duck theme (+ misc. bird further below) w/ juvenile Wood Duck (@ Leo’s Landing) x what’s probably Greater Scaup in flight over Graveyard Pond:
“Bonus birds” along Graveyard Pond at the Lagoon Boat Launch:
ID note: the ID as Greater Scaup is based on overall colouration (for fall birds) + the white-ish stripe on the back of the wing that extends almost to the primaries (tips), as pointed to by the arrows in the following annotated excerpts:
These aren’t the best views, however, so also possible these are instead Lesser Scaup.