The handsome male blue-winged teal has a brownish body with an intricate spotted pattern. Note the gray head with a diagnostic bold white crescent on the face. Ducks are some of the earliest returning ...

Ducks are some of the earliest returning migrants to Colorado as ice begins to melt and open water emerges. In Teller County, larger rivers like the South Platte are the first to thaw, aided by the ...

Female and immature cinnamon teal are notoriously difficult to distinguish from blue-winged teal, says the All about Birds webpage produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cinnamon teal are always ...

The stately greenhead rules with the duck hunting masses, but the blue-winged teal is the early bird favorite with Texas’ waterfowl crowd. Teal are always the first ducks to hightail it out of their ...

A pair of rare blue-winged teal, native to North America, are believed to have attempted to breed in East Yorkshire, say wildlife experts who have observed their nesting behaviour this year. The male ...

The inclination today is to dress up this column in reader-friendly terms and headline it, "Five takeaways from this weekend's continuing teal hunt 'experiment.' " But that would trivialize the ...

A month or so ago I wrote about coming across a Northern Pintail while I was driving by a pond. I expressed how lucky I was because pintails aren’t exactly a common sighting in New England. I love my ...