One last bird I spotted in the wetlands of the Northeast Swale on Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Blue-Wingerd Teal in Birbs of Saskatchetoon Sketchbook
This is that first one I spotted.. just kept preening and preening and wouldn't stand in the Standard Birb Illustration pose...
Or was too far to get a good picture of...
And then decided to have a lie down on the shore and tuck its head compltely away...
I did get a couple glimpses of details through the binoculars and made notes so I could figure out what it was.
Came back to the same wetland a few days later and caught a few closer to shore - on the side I was on!?
Male Blue-Winged Teal
Male and Female Blue-Winged Teals
Blue-Winged Teals - with a pair of Gadwalls...? I think...?
(Gadwalls coming up next!)
Not very cooperative, eh?
ReplyDeleteNice paintings/drawings (here and the magpies)!
Ha! Thanks! I was joking with Amanda that I should do a whole book of birds from weird angles or folded up for sleep or preening themselves to help people identify uncooperative birds!
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