This duck, which I saw sitting on a clump of grass this morning, is a bit of a puzzle to me. It's head looks like that of a Gadwall, and its bill is the right color, but its breast doesn't quite fit the description, unless it is a juvenile, which always muddles things. Maybe someone out there can clear up the puzzle for me.
Addendum: After some further research, I don't think it is a Gadwall, I'm pretty sure it is a male Green-winged Teal just beginning to molt out of eclipse plumage.
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