Lesser Scaup - Bird of the Week - Oct. 3rd - 9th

 

Resting place



North American - Lesser Scaup

first record for Fair Isle & a "Lifer" for me.

The Lesser Scaup was caught, ringed, weighed, and measured,

 identification confirmed by the Fair Isle Bird Observatory

Shetland Wildlife Tour Group

My guest at the Auld Haa Guesthouse for the past week. what a great bunch! cheers

Winter plumage Guillemot

Young Eider Duck - Garden Pond ticks front and back.

Hawfinch Feeding with the Starlings and House Sparrows...

Hawfinch & Chicken?

& in the window box feeder at sunset