Common Teal - Anas crecca
5 January 2019
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| Common Teal - Anas crecca - Male |
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| Common Teal - Anas crecca - Female |
The buff spotted chest of the small dabbling duck,
used to be the hunters' prized pot on a winter's frost,
The chestnut brown head with its green ear patch,
was shot at with delight like the clay pigeon on site.
Today this beauty is captured by birders put on websites
To the delight of nature lovers who take pride to be photographers and not shooters.
The common teal every year comes to Mount Abu for its winter vacation. This year on my bird count I counted 16 birds, there could be some more.
Common Teal over the years
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