{"id":72249,"date":"2019-05-30T04:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=72249"},"modified":"2019-05-30T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T12:08:21","slug":"bathing-cinnamon-teal-x-green-winged-teal-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/bathing-cinnamon-teal-x-green-winged-teal-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathing Cinnamon Teal x Green-winged Teal Hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plus a question of ID.<\/p>\n

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1\/800, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this bathing male “Cinnamon Teal” nine years ago today at Bear River MBR. Often this species is quite shy but he was so intent on his bath that he ignored me during the entire extended process. I was able to get many interesting photos and I’ve posted several of them before but these three are new to my blog.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Typical of many ducks when they’ve finished either bathing or mating he rose up out of the water and flapped his wings. His wings aren’t sharp due to insufficient shutter speed or depth of field or both.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But two frames later I caught him with his wings in the opposite position and this time they’re sharp.<\/p>\n

While I had this guy in my viewfinder I wasn’t even aware that he had at least one unusual characteristic indicating that he’s a hybrid – that remnant of a different colored crescent shape running through his eye to the back of his head.\u00a0But I certainly did notice it when I arrived home and reviewed my images from the morning. I realized that this bird was apparently a Cinnamon Teal\/Green-winged Teal hybrid.<\/p>\n

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Breeding male Green-winged Teals have a distinctive iridescent green crescent on their head that matches the shape if not the exact color of the crescent on “my” specimen so I was fairly certain about his mixed ancestry. And several of my friends who are very bird-knowledgeable agreed with my amateur assessment that the male I photographed was a Cinnamon Teal\/Green-winged Teal hybrid.<\/p>\n

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This is what a “normal” male Cinnamon Teal in breeding plumage looks like. Notice that they lack that crescent shape on their heads.<\/p>\n

However, since I took these photos nine years ago there has been some question from others about the ancestry of “my” bird. Some say that it’s actually a hybrid Cinnamon Teal\/Blue-winged Teal instead of Cinnamon Teal\/Green Winged Teal. The former combination has been documented in nature fairly often while an online search reveals no other examples of the latter.<\/p>\n

Personally I don’t see it but what do I know about duck hybrid ID (the answer is a resounding “not much”). So I’m curious if any duck experts out there might want to weigh in and share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Plus a question of ID.<\/p>\n

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