Fancy Ducks

Take a walk around a lake in late November, and you’ll find male ducks in their most brilliant breeding colors. These ducks have lost their nondescript late-summer feathers, known as “eclipse plumage.” Male dabbling ducks - like this Green-winged Teal - look their finest in late fall and winter, the season of courtship and pair-bonding. Learn more about ducks at Cornell's AllAboutBirds.

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