
Blue-winged teal gathering - in flight 1, Tumaco, Colombia
A pretty large gathering of Blue-winged teals on this little patch of sand in a pond near Tumaco. They are known to migrate from the US to the south during winter, yet this location would be the extreme southern end of their known territory.

The blue-winged teal is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to northern Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America.