We are having this new season! Does anyone else have this!!’

Sweet. None up here of course, but we don't even have an early teal season

I wish we did. Took this pic a few days ago on my pond - they would be nice and tender!

Cool GF. Seen one flock up here. Went down to area to identify for this person. Hate to admit it but I had to go get my waterfowl book from college in the 70s I took in college on waterfowl biology to identify. They stayed on lake and stayed about 4 days before they left. Cool looking bird. The flock I had flew close to water. Hope you hammer them. Puddle duck. I bet they are good eating. Have fun. Nothing else to me looks like it. Easier than out BWT vs immature smiling mallard during our special teal season here ( never seen them before or after that week)

I've seen them several times in spring near where the wabash feeds into the ohio. I've read some info about them moving north on a more regular basis. Do any of you southern guys know anymore about this? Everything i can find says climate change blah blah blah. That may be true to an extent but just wondering about personal observations more than biologist published literature.

i cant wait bc we have a lot

A couple of those have popped up in northern Michigan the last couple years. Neat birds. When I was in my late teens (early to mid 1970's) and hanging out in the Everglades, I saw several flocks of the Fulvous Whistling Ducks, but have yet to see any of this variety.

Never hunted them, but I saw one come through my dad's taxidermy shop years ago.