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Monday, February 21, 2011
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
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Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
4 comments:
Nice shot!
I've never seen one of these. Great colouring on this duck.
From an evolutionary point of view, I find it fascinating how and why very different species can be from one another in appearance traits, with beautiful markings, stripes and colours ,.. etc.
Seems to me that the diversity could well act as a strong reproduction benefit in facilitating 'birds of a feather' to more quickly recognize one another, plus progressively strengthen the uniqueness because the higher repro rate and it's perceived species favourabiity between suitors.
Something like the male-rutting routine among deer and elk where the stongest, best rack of horns etc. results in natural selection.
Nice photo, like you I only really got observant about local birds with my photography. No teals here in my part of Leeds at least that I have seen
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