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Lesser Scaup, Dive Sequence, South Platte River

During our afternoon trip to Reynold’s Landing, we discovered a Lesser Scaup (a duck), that was diving for food in the river. I managed to get reasonably close to the Scaup as it dived below the surface. After watching the Scaup’s behavior, I decided to attempt a sequence of several consecutive images from the start of the dive until the the scaup was underwater. After many attempts, I eventually managed to capture a complete sequence from start.

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Lesser Scaup, South Platte River.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 1.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 2.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 3.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 4.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 5.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 6.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 7.

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Lesser Scaup, Diving Sequence 8.

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