{"id":137818,"date":"2023-06-15T06:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=137818"},"modified":"2023-06-15T06:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:08:01","slug":"drake-blue-winged-teal-wing-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/15\/drake-blue-winged-teal-wing-flap\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Blue-winged Teal Wing Flap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Showing off a little?<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Six days ago at Bear River MBR this drake Blue-winged Teal was bathing when I approached him. I didn’t much like my bathing shots of him but I figured that after his ablution he’d perform a wing flap and he did. I rarely photograph this species and I liked a couple of his flapping poses so they’re what I’m posting this morning.<\/p>\n

In this shot I like how well his primaries, secondaries, underwing coverts and axillaries are defined.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A good look at the contrasting dorsal surface of his right wing and his overall rich colors. The white crescent between his bill and eye is of course distinctive of the males of this species.<\/p>\n

Many birds typically perform a wing flap after bathing but in this case I had to wonder if….<\/p>\n

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he wasn’t showing off a little for his presumed mate who was half out of frame at bottom. This version of the photo is tilted because if I’d rotated it to level I’d have cut off even more of the out of focus female.<\/span><\/p>\n

I just checked. These are the first Blue-winged Teal photos I’ve posted to Feathered Photography. I’m surprised.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Cinnamon<\/p>\n

The closest I’ve come in the past to posting a Blue-winged Teal photo to my blog is this one of a Cinnamon Teal\/Blue-winged Teal hybrid. At first I thought this bird was a Cinnamon Teal\/Green-winged Teal hybrid but folks much more knowledgeable about duck ID than yours truly strongly lean toward the former, so I acquiesce.<\/em><\/p>\n

If this photo looks familiar to readers who’ve visited the Eccles Wildlife Center at Farmington Bay, it’s because a large print of it is hanging in their auditorium. At least it still was the last time I was inside the auditorium but that’s been a while.<\/em><\/p>\n

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