Chestnut Teals and Duckling (Six Photos)

We have two species of Teal here. This one is the Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea). The pair I was watching at Tamar Wetlands last week had a solitary duckling ( average clutch is 7-10)

Here's a shot of the Chestnut Teal duckling.

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...and here it is foraging in the mud with dad.

That's mum in the background.

It looks like Hans Christian Andersen's Ugly Duckling in this shot but I doubt it will turn into a swan :-)

Here a shot of different adult male.

...and an adult female.

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