We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Joanne Hutton. Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].
Congratulations to Joanne for correctly identifying this Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis), which could be a female or an immature male. Note the cream colored stripe at the rear. This was a tricky photo though because the bird’s distinctive green marking was obscured in the photo. According to All About Birds, Green-winged Teals have closely spaced, comblike projections called lamellae around the inner edge of the bill. They use them to filter tiny invertebrates from the water, allowing the birds to capture smaller food items than other dabbling ducks. Learn how to identify all of the duck species that visit Northern Virginia on February 2, during our Duck and Waterfowl Identification Webinar!
Last Week's mystery: Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis). Photo:
Anonymous/Macaulay Library
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!
Good luck!
-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date- and time-stamped. Remember that, if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days, maximum 2 per person.
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