...that I can't add to my ABA list.
This evening after work, Pamela and I took a quick trip to Newton, MA where a Common/Eurasian Teal has been seen since this past Sunday. Apparently, it is considered a subspecies or "form" of Green-winged Teal. (There is an American and a Eurasian form)
A little more about Green-winged Teal, and photos of the American form can be seen at Cornell Lab's All About Birds site.
The bird that we saw today looks different from the American form in that it has a white horizontal stripe along the upper wing, instead of a vertical white stripe at the front edge of the wing.
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I think you've got a better shot of waiting out this bird than I do of some of my banked potential splits.
I keep waiting for the AOU to come to their senses on Harlan's Hawk. Seems unlikely... : )
I think some authorities consider them separate species.
Double-check me on this, but I think the Clements taxonomy, in its most recent update, just lumped the two forms into one species...
Pretty bird all the same!
Nice you saw it. it is quite common around here too, but the green-winged teal is not although we got two or three of them during this winter.
Wow, great captures of the teal, Christopher! Definitely quite distinctive from the Green-winged Teals I've seen so much of over the past few weeks.
Btw, thanks for your flattering comments on my blog this morning. You really know how to make a guy blush.
Very cool- you must have been very excited. I know I was when I saw my first GWT at the Charles River last year. Although they're common, the one I saw was out of season- hadn't migrated- so that was interesting.
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