Blue-winged Teal

The Blue-winged Teal are small ducks usually found in shallow bodies of water across much of North America.

They migrate to South America during the winter months to calm marshes and lakes where they feed on floating or submerged vegetation and small aquatic animals.

A small flock of Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) flying over a lake in Linden. (Photograph by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)