New participants in the September teal season (and even many experienced waterfowlers) can be excused if they believe every teal they take during the brief hunting session is a hen. After all, none of ...

Discover Nature this week as a swift-flying, migratory duck begins returning to Missouri from the north. The blue-winged teal (Anas discors) breeds across North America, spending its summers as far ...

To the serious duck hunter, September only means one thing: Teal. It doesn't matter if it's bluewings, greenwings, cinnamons, or all three. Early teal season is the duck hunter's first chance to dust ...

Female and immature cinnamon teal are notoriously difficult to distinguish from blue-winged teal, says the All about Birds webpage produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cinnamon teal are always ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2024 waterfowl population status report released Tuesday indicates another significant drop in numbers for blue-winged teal, an important species for Texas hunters ...