Carol DM
Another post for my Alphabet Birds series.
Blue-Winged Teal
I have never seen this bird (duck) in my area. Very cool to learn about new birds.
Blue-winged teal are the second smallest duck in North America and are highly distinctive during flight due to their bright blue wing patch.
These long distance migrants breed as far north as Alaska and throughout Canada, primarily nesting in the prairies of the central U.S. and Canada.
Blue-winged teal are not able to endure the cold weather and are some of the first to migrate south in the fall and the last to head back north in the spring.
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Have you seen this Blue-Winged Teal?
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I would love to see one, i have been in its area but don’t recall seeing one. beautiful birds!
I would to Doc, such pretty colors.
there are so many birds we just see in books.
A beautiful bird. I haven’t seen this bird yet.
I have not see this beauty either.
All types of ducks are part of the Bird family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese.
I have never seen it but I can recognize its resemblance to a duck. So, it belong in the family of ducks?
All types of ducks are part of the Bird family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese
I see…I thought they were not essentially birds like ostriches.
Different species within one family.