Duck hybrids

Some of the Birds I Love at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|February 6th, 2013|Categories: American Avocets, American Barn Owls, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Duck hybrids, Eastern Kingbirds, Forster's Terns, Marsh Wrens, Snowy Egrets, Swainson's Hawks, Tundra Swans, Utah, Western Grebes, Western Kingbirds, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: American Avocet, American Barn Owl, American White Pelican, avocet, avocets, birds of prey, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-necked Stilt, blackbird, blackbirds, Cinnamon x Green-winged Teal hybrid, Eastern Kingbird, Forster's Tern, grebes, hawk, hawks, hybrid, hybrids, Marsh Wren, night heron, night herons, pelican, pelicans, raptors, Snowy Egret, stilt, stilts, Swainson's Hawk, swans, tern, terns, Tundra Swan, Western Grebe, Western Kingbird, wren, wrens, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

One of my favorite locations to photograph birds in northern Utah is Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I've selected some of the birds there that delight and entertain me while I observe and photograph them.

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Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal Hybrid Duck

By Mia McPherson|August 25th, 2010|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bird ID, Birds, Duck hybrids, Utah|Tags: adult, Blue-winged Teal, Box Elder County, Cinnamon Teal, Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal, cross, ducks, hybrid, marsh, nature photography, northern Utah, photography, Spatula cyanoptera, Spatula discors, wetlands, wildlife|

It wasn't until I pulled the image up on my monitor that I saw that this duck was a hybrid, which turned out to be Cinnamon x Blue-winged Teal hybrid.

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