Pictures and information on Blue-winged Teal

The Blue-winged Teal is a dabbling duck that breeds in North America and winters along the North America coast and South America.

The white crescent on the male is a great field marker. They feed in shallow water eating mostly plants with some mollusks and aquatic insects.

Breeding (Nov-June)
Male 11/14/2012 - Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City, Utah Male 11/14/2012 - Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City, Utah	04/16/2010 - Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas 04/16/2010 - Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas	Male 04/13/2011 - Brazoria NWR, Texas Male 04/13/2011 - Brazoria NWR, Texas
Male 04/13/2011 - Brazoria NWR, Texas Male 04/13/2011 - Brazoria NWR, Texas	Female and Male 04/13/2011 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX Female and Male 04/13/2011 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX	All three American Teals 12/25/2009 - Radio Road, Redwood City, CA All three American Teals 12/25/2009 - Radio Road, Redwood City, CA
Male and female Teal with Cinnamon Teal 12/25/2009 - Radio Road, Redwood City, CA Male and female Teal with Cinnamon Teal 12/25/2009 - Radio Road, Redwood City, CA	Male 04/21/2012 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX Male 04/21/2012 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX	Female and Male 04/21/2012 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX Female and Male 04/21/2012 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX
Male Blue-winged Teal 11/16/2008 - Martin Luther King Jr Regional Park; Oakland, CA Male Blue-winged Teal 11/16/2008 - Martin Luther King Jr Regional Park; Oakland, CA	male and female 04/18/2010 - Brazoria NWR, Texas male and female 04/18/2010 - Brazoria NWR, Texas

Non-breeding (July-Oct)
Nonbreeding 10/10/2007 - Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, CA Nonbreeding 10/10/2007 - Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, CA