Blue Winged Teals in a Daze

Three male Blue Winged Teals, Anas discors, following one popular female Blue Winged Teal. Those Blue Winged Teal females sure are POPULAR! Whoever said that ducks mate for life? Indeed!

Meanwhile, back in my boring life: one final down and two more to go next week and then it's the home stretch to Christmas. I haven't written a card yet little less bought gifts for the family. Doggone finals just get in the way, don't they? Back to studying...

Duck Hissy

Even ducks have hissy days. Here are two Blue-Winged Teals, Anas discors, having a hissy (literally). They are discernable by that telltale white crescent on their face. Blue-Winged Teals Summer in Canada through the Southern U.S. and range all the way down to Argentina for the Winter. This one was at the Mission River Preserve.