Here are photos of a female Green-winged Teal seen today at Kendal Station
Road in Norwich. It was with a group of resident mallards. Apparently very
rare at this time of year in Vermont.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/sets/72157628765127753/
(seen 1/7/2012)

There is also a peculiar hybrid there, that I called a black duck hybrid,
but it isn't really clear what it is. One person thinks it's a leucistic
black duck.  That makes sense to me. Seen several times with the resident
mallards:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/sets/72157628655795113/
The smaller mallard-like duck is a mystery to me- maybe someone can
identify it?
Seen 1/1/2012


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