Photo: Green-winged Teal, Ashrith Kandula/Audubon Photography Awards
We are pleased to announce the winner of our most recent Monday Nature Mystery, Cathy Jett!
Congratulations to Cathy for identifying the female Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis).
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis). Photo: Ashrith Kandula/Audubon Photography Awards
According to All About Birds, this species sometimes switches wintering sites from year to year. One banding study found that individuals wintering in Texas one year went as far away as California in subsequent years. This lack of philopatry, or “faithfulness” to a particular site, may reflect the tendency of males that did not breed the year before to try to find mates among a different set of wintering females.
Each Monday we’ll post a new mystery and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Here is this week’s mystery:
Who is this?
Be sure to post your guess on our Facebook page under the latest Monday Nature Mystery post, and make sure you receive our emails to find out the winner and mystery answer each week. Good Luck!
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Monday Nature Mystery: Who is this? Photo: Claudio Contreras Koob/Audubon Photography Awards