At the intersection of Carty Rd and Hillhurst Rd there is a shallow depression in a field that has accumulated some water. Today there was about 3-4,000 green-winged teal feeding like mad. Also a few mallards, pintail and wigeon as well. In cluded were two Eurasian wigeon. I also found a male green-winged that lacked the white vertical bar (the North American subspecies) or the white-strip on scapulars as in the Eurasian subspecies. It was a very interesting bird a bit grayer looking than the thousands it fed next to.

This site is worth keeping an eye on because of the shear numbers of teal. Interesting note after watching the interesting male it melted into the group and even though I tried I could not find it again so be patient as you look through the bubbling mass of teal!

Bob Flores
Ridgefield, WA