{"id":57435,"date":"2019-04-25T05:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57435"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:30:32","slug":"photographing-hen-and-drake-cinnamon-teals-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/04\/25\/photographing-hen-and-drake-cinnamon-teals-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Hen And Drake Cinnamon Teals At Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DrakeDrake Cinnamon Teal next to the auto tour route at Bear River MBR – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with w.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I mentioned yesterday that my Merlin sightings<\/a><\/span> were my best finds of my recent trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and they were because it was unusual to find two in one day but I also had opportunities to photograph other birds while I was there.<\/p>\n

Among the birds I photographed at the refuge were hen and drake Cinnamon Teals. Normally I find them to be very skittish but spring hormones must be doing something because the teals were far more approachable than normal.<\/p>\n

On the north side of the auto tour route I was able to take frame filling images of a drake Cinnamon Teal as he stuck close to a hen and the gravelly shoulder of the auto tour route. Not the prettiest of settings but he was so close and cooperative that I couldn’t resist taking his photo.<\/p>\n

\"HenHen Cinnamon Teal in lush spring growth – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with w.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Later in the morning and on the other side of the auto tour route I was able to take images of a hen Cinnamon Teal surrounded by lush, green spring growth while her mate kept an eye on her from a distance. I thought she looked very regal in the vibrant green setting.<\/p>\n

I don’t have many opportunities with Cinnamon Teals at such close ranges so I jumped at the chance to photograph both the hen and the drake.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Later in the morning and on the other side of the auto tour route I was able to take images of a hen Cinnamon Teal surrounded by lush, green spring growth while her mate kept an eye on her from a distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155668,"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":[124,27,1148,961,26],"tags":[4004,2439,4717,4483,1129,126,4070,5742,3790,4359,4062,8301,8300,972,165,7094,4920,2063],"class_list":["post-57435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-cinnamon-teals","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-cinnamon-teal","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-female","tag-green","tag-growth","tag-hen","tag-male","tag-photograph","tag-photographing","tag-spatula-cyanoptera","tag-spring","tag-teal","tag-teals","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