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Blue-winged teal
Adult male blue-winged teal seen in the San Diego Creek in Newport Beach, California.
Habitat
Marshes or wetlands (freshwater or brackish).
Location
San Diego Creek in Newport Beach, California.
Date taken
January 14, 2021
Scientific name
Anas discors
Equipment used
Nikon Coolpix P900.
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/500 sec. f/6.3, 140
Handsome bird. I used to see them every winter in NW Florida, but it’s been a while. Good detail, right down to the pupil in the eye.
 
Beautifully lit and well detailed, and such pretty water too.
 
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What a wonderful start you've made to your Gallery with this lovely teal!

Welcome to Birdforum cschussman, I'll look forward to seeing some more of your pictures.
 
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A marvelous low camera view close-up of this handsome Teal. Excellent work CS! Welcome to BF!
 
Handsome bird. I used to see them every winter in NW Florida, but it’s been a while. Good detail, right down to the pupil in the eye.
Hi Gerry, Thank you for your compliment on my photo. I love the teals, and the male BWTE is one of my favorites. I was very happy to get this photo. Have the blue-winged teals stopped migrating through NW Florida? I have noticed that migration patterns have changed in my area for some of the other birds in the last several years.
 

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Category
North America
Added by
cschussman
Date added
View count
121
Comment count
14

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
268.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500
ISO
140
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Blue-winged teal 0114.JPG
File size
2.7 MB
Date taken
Thu, 14 January 2021 1:12 PM
Dimensions
4608px x 2592px

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