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A personal favorite

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Posted by Craig Strand on May 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM
A personal favorite
A personal favorite among waterfowl is the Blue-winged Teal. When I was carving birds the challenge was painting them with many layers of acrylics. You would walk around for a week seeing nothing but polka dots afterward. This Blue-winged Teal drake has been hanging around the Ridgefield refuge for a couple of weeks. I think his mate is on a nest nearby. We get to see tons of cinnamon and green-winged teal, but very few of the blue-winged.

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Posted by John Williams on May 11, 2012 at 5:43 PM
I can see why, lovely and complex patterns in those feathers. Congrats on this one; they are not common around here. I love the tinge of blue on the head.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on May 12, 2012 at 3:08 AM
Just gorgeous! Would love to see that dizzying pattern of dots for real, but this image reproduces the effect very well!