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Picture Pages: Cinnamon TealPage by Royce
Last update: $Date: 2004/01/28 04:52:34 $ (UTC)
The Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) is a dabbling duck that is small in size but bold in color. They are present in wetlands areas of Alberta in the summer. Alberta is part of the northern-most extent of their range, which is much more restricted than is the case for cousins Blue-winged Teal or Green-winged Teal.
Cinnamon Teals don't tend to be numerous when encountered; usually we see only one or two at a time. According to the information in my Thayer birding software, the Cinnamon Teal and Ruddy Duck are the only two species of waterfowl to breed in both North and South America.
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"Aren't I the handsome devil?"
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Saturday May 31, 2003, it was a cloudy morning. I was out at a sloughy area in north-east Calgary searching for a Fulvous Whistling-Duck that had been reported the preceding week. I did find the Whistling-Duck, and also a number of other birds. This Cinnamon Teal was one of the other birds that the Whistling-Duck seemed to like to hang out with. Here, the Teal had wandered off from the Whistling-Duck, probably to get some peace and quiet for a few minutes. Later, a Northern Shoveler occupied the same spot. This shot was taken with a digiscoping rig at a distance of about 70m. It's a bit fuzzy because I was still experimenting with setting the camera focus to infinity, and using only the scope focus ring to take the shot. Ultimately I decided this doesn't work the best, and now use macro focus on the camera. I also now typically shoot in Aperture Priority mode at around f6, rather than full auto as was used for this shot. If the aperture had been locked down a little more, the shot would have been a bit sharper. EXIF 2.2 photo info:
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Streeeetch...
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Here is another digiscoped shot of the Teal. The white underwing feathers are quite a contrast with the rich cinnamon color of the body feathers. EXIF 2.2 photo info:
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