Cinnamon Teal

Came across this awesome duck today and he was super photogenic. I’ve only seen a handful of them in my life and unlike the hybrid I photographed earlier this spring this bird appears to be a purebred.

Well,done, Wilson Jr ….the top one is my favorite !

He's a handsome fella, alright!

Thank you, it’s mine also.

Beautiful bird! Only seen two in my life. One in Arizona while turkey hunting. The other a few weeks ago in Washington turkey hunting. The ones in Washington were just swimming in a ditch next to some wetlands in the valley. A long dip net and I probably could’ve caught the pair! Teal are my favorites…hunting and eating!

Only seen 2 in my life I would give positive ID to. Unbelievable picture. Worked wetlands for 28 years. Thank for the excellent pictures. Wish I was still young enough to spend that much time in the wetlands admiring our wetland birds. At my age it’s spotting scope or binocs from a state or federal roadway. Enjoy all you can I did.

You are very talented. Great photos.

Great shots. Another Johnathon in the making?

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It takes a good photographer to consistently get shots like that, but it helps when you have good equipment. What camera were you using?

Awesome bird and photos! We don't get CT here

Beautiful bird and photos!! Awesome! I haven't come across any in Minnesota but have shot a few down in Mexico back in the 80's.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Awesome pics Trey. Keep up the great work

Some very nice shoots of a duck I have never seen. Thanks for posting

awesome! beautiful pictures.. You need to enter them for the duck stamp!

Great shots! Thanks for sharing.

Mark, My camera is a Nikon D500 and lens is a Sigma 150-600.
Good equipment does really help.

Thanks for the out-standing photos
I'm sure some taxi guys will be copy and do mounts like some of those flight shots.
only had one sight record for Manitoba but numerous for Ca.

Beautiful shots! Ready to get after them this December

Great pictures

Actually taxis don’t get them right because they want everything to look perfect when it’s not. Look at pic #3…actual detail of the feathers in landing. Awesome pics!!

Wanna Be went back to pic 3 ; yes there is a lot of back peddling going on.

I don’t mount waterfowl, they never do the bird the justice it deserves. Would way rather have a good picture or painting on the wall.

Wow, talented with a camera!

Great subject, setting, and skill!
The makings of superb photography.
That first photo is a 1 in a million!

Johnathon would have been impressed . Nice photos.

if you look at Tray's profile;he is still in training

Bucket list duck for me

when we had to pick up+\- 10,000 teal from botulism on Big Stick Lake Sask, years back there was not a single Cinnamon teal in them, as for the mallards and pintails yuk factor
so you might have to go a little further south to get your bucket filled.

https://ebird.org/map/cintea

This is the ebird sight distribution map for Cinnamon Teal, the farther west you go the more sightings that are reported. My guess would be many birds have migrated out of Canada by the time season starts. I think they are a fairly early migrator.

Wow! Great pics, and thanks for sharing.

I've only seen two sightings in my life. Once down in south Texas near Eagle Pass, and the other time out in the oil patch northeast of Orla on the Pecos River.