The Scaup 



)HE SCAUP, the Grey Duck, 

 the Mountain Duck, and the 

 Brown Duck breed on the 

 run. Although much reduced 

 in numbers during the last 

 quarter century, there still winter with 

 us one or two considerable flocks of 

 the first-mentioned species, perhaps in all 

 180 or 200 birds. About mid-August 

 the majority of these Scaup leave the 

 run, the remainder staying on the lake 

 and breeding round its shores. Nowhere 

 else on the run do they nest, and during 

 my stay at Tutira I have never seen at 

 any time of the year Scaup either in the 

 open river beds or in the deep creeks. 



This year, on September 10th, the largest 

 flock still with us numbered 48 birds, and there 

 may have been another 20 birds scattered 

 about the different bays. 



Slu...> L OLSON 



