News Alert - Greater Scaups in Kefar Ruppin!
12th December 2003.

In a matter of days, Vincent De Boer has followed up his superb find of a Black-shouldered Kite in November with two species of vagrant diving ducks on the Kefar Ruppin Reservoirs, Bet Shean. On the 8th of December, Vince discovered a female-type Smew (Mergellus abellus), and today the 12th of December, he located two female-type Greater Scaups (Aythya marila) in the same area. Three images of the Greater Scaups are included here. This is now a very rare species in Israel, certainly less than annual in occurrence and an inland record is especially exciting.

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Greater Scaups
Smew

Enjoy!

James P. Smith and the Birdingisrael Team

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