CINNAMON TEAL

Nearly all Cinnamon Teal winter in Mexico and Central America. This one decided to hang out in Cajun Country at Pintail Loop. Seeing this rare-to-Louisiana Cinnamon Teal reminded me of one I harvested as a teenager when hunting ducks.

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A look at its blue shoulder patch and green speculum separated by a white stripe.

BOTTOM'S UP and you can see its iridescent plumage when the light hits just right.

What do you think of that piercing, distinctive red eye?