[EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

The "Eurasian Green-winged" or "Common" teal is rare around here, but not 
unheard of. I saw one at Arrowhead several years ago, and just last week 
while we were out looking at the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, another 
birder said that she was going off to look for the "Eurasian 
Green-winged  Teal", so I think that's probably the same one you saw, and 
that others have also seen it.

Tom Condit

At 09:13 PM 2/2/05 -0500, Slazie at aol.com wrote:
>This afternoon (2/2) I spotted a "common" teal at Arrowhead Marsh. It was 
>a male mixed in with several green winged teal. It looked just like the 
>illustration in Sibley. There was no white vertical bar and a bold white 
>stripe was present along the side. The teals were at the end of the pier 
>going into the marsh. Is this a common bird in this area? Also spotted 3 
>rails chasing each other.
>Jerry Bibbey

Tom Condit
tomcondit at igc.org