If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors)

4/13/02 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA

3/16/02 Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Blue-Winged Teal

SPECIES: Anas discors

FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

LOCATION: Two observed in inner bay at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: A summer duck, common in marshy ponds east of the Rockies. Strongly migratory; it avoids cold weather more than most ducks 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 15"; pale blue wing patch mostly hidden when swimming, obvious in flight. Male has white crescent on gray face in spring. In fall, many are in drab eclipse plumage, look like females. Blue-wing and Cinnamon females very similar. 

VOICE: High peeping whistle (male), hoarse quack (female). 
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