{"id":172886,"date":"2026-03-24T05:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=172886"},"modified":"2026-03-24T05:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:29:04","slug":"pair-of-blue-winged-teal-on-a-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/24\/pair-of-blue-winged-teal-on-a-log\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair Of Blue-winged Teal On A Log"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PairPair of Blue-winged Teal on a log in early morning light \u2013 Canon R7, beanbag, f10, 1\/1250, ISO 800, -0.7 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On my most recent trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I photographed a pair of Blue-winged Teal on a log in Miner’s Cove in soft morning light.<\/p>\n

I don’t have as many Blue-winged Teal photos as I would like to have, in part because they weren’t all that common in Utah, and they can be skittish here. Especially during and right after the hunting season.<\/p>\n

Blue-winged Teal are dabbling ducks. The drake is seen on the left side of the log and the hen on the right. I see these small ducks in the sloughs and on the Arkansas River at the refuge almost year round.<\/p>\n

The bold white crescent by the bill of adult males makes them easy to identify.<\/p>\n

This pair of Blue-winged Teal<\/span><\/a> flew off not long after I took this image because a Bald Eagle flew over the cove on a hunting mission. I was delighted to have these ducks in my viewfinder for as long as I did.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Blue-winged Teal photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On my most recent trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I photographed a pair of Blue-winged Teal on a log in Miner’s Cove in soft morning light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,7107,13973,13974],"tags":[4004,7201,13984,4073,4717,4483,1129,126,4359,4962,2138,14047,4099,2139,7108,165,7094,4920,3996,2063],"class_list":["post-172886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-blue-winged-teals","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-blue-winged-teal","tag-bottomlands","tag-breeding-season","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-hen","tag-log","tag-mates","tag-miners-cove","tag-morning-light","tag-pair","tag-spatula-discors","tag-spring","tag-teal","tag-teals","tag-water","tag-waterfowl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t