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Posted by Trey Mitchell on 23:49:37 11/01/05
Yesterday afternoon (Monday) Toe (Roberto Torres) called me about a duck at Cutler Wetland
that wasn't a Shoveler but had a spatula shaped bill. The bird was noticeably
smaller than the Shovelers. I met him there that evening but the light was poor and the bird was about 150 yards away. So we met there again this morning to get a better look and some photos.
As you can see in the photo above the closest bird is smaller than the
Shovelers although the bill is spatular.
Bird on right is a Shoveler the bird on the left is we think a Cinnamon Teal.
(female or young male)
The above photos shows the dark head and cinnamon color with the dark bill.
The photos do not show the all the detail that was observed with a spotting
scope. The photos above were taken from about 75 yard away from the subject.
We are looking for input, but have concluded this to be a Cinnamon Teal. We
have seen the bird for two days now and it is always with the Shovelers. It
definitely stands out as different than the Blue-wing Teal and it is too small
to be a Shoveler.
I hope to get better photos of the bird, but the ducks at Cutler Wetland are
very shy and am not sure that I will be able to accomplish this with the
equipment that I have.
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