Green-winged Teal
Length--15 in.
Weight--14 oz.
Quite hardy--some birds stay as far north as open water is found.
The smallest and one of the most common of our ducks. Their tiny size
gives the impression of great speed, but mallards can fly faster. Their
flight is often low, erratic, with the entire flock twisting and turning
as one unit.
They nest as far north as Alaska, and migrate in all four flyways. Early
fall drakes are usually still in full eclipse plumage.
Drakes whistle and twitter; hens have a slight quack.