Can I Find a Blue-winged Teal While Birding at a Local Wetlands?

In this video I head out to a Wetland area to search for a duck that has been evading me this year, the Blue-winged Teal.
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Birding/Filming Date:
June 29, 2024

[@brighteyedbirding]

Great video Hawkin! I particularly enjoyed the footage of the Eared Grebe! Beautiful bird when it's in full breeding plumage!

[@HawkInTheLens]

It was random to come across one!

[@markshen3280]

In Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR, near and around where I live in the sub-rural countryside, we have the Lesser Egret, Greater Egrets , and Cattle Egrets.

[@HawkInTheLens]

We also get the Great Egret and the Western Cattle Egret!

[@TheDutchBirder]

Saw a Blue-winged Teal in the Netherlands last Sunday 😊

[@HawkInTheLens]

Haha wish I was you right now!

[@user-qw5pm6lr9d]

I was lucky to see some blue-winged teals one time.

[@HawkInTheLens]

Jealous still need to get those on my life list

[@kylegage87]

Actually it appears that the duck family (female with young) from 1:37-2:02 are in fact blue-winged teal. Dark bill, light area at the base of the bill, darker cap and eyeline. So I believe you got your teal!

[@HawkInTheLens]

I thought so at first too. But I believe a lot of the local Mallards are hybrid thus the darker bill. I also saw an adult male mallard in the video that had a darker head as if it was covered in something. It certainly may be possible to be a teal but I still lean towards mallard

[@somsvid]

Agree with @kylegage87. Mallard has a sloping forehead head-shape above the bill, whereas B-w Teal has a more rounded crown above the bill, and the bill is black & slightly spatulate, also yours (in the 1st group of ducks seen) shows the typical white spot at the lower bill base of a female B-w Teal. The other group of ducks, a female & 5 ducklings, are Mallards.

[@Ephily91]

Agreed as well. The duck family is indeed Blue-winged Teal. The only Mallard is the single bird you show later in the video.

[@markshen3280]

Unfortunately, Hong Kong 🇭🇰 does not have any duck 🦆, nor goose 🪿, unless you visit a bird sanctuary, then there would be lots of birds to see .

[@HawkInTheLens]

Really interesting. That's surprising at ducks are everywhere here

[@markshen3280]

I checked GOOGLE and the Blue-winged Teal seems to belong to the Mallard, duck 🦆, goose 🪿 family, right ?

[@HawkInTheLens]

Yeah I believe they do. Very similar species although smaller than a Mallard