Originally Posted by
SwampCollie
The reason also, that you haven't been seeing any green wing drakes is because they don't really look like drakes yet. The are still in eclipse plummage.... and while if you have one in hand or very close to you it isn't too tough to tell.... at a glance they all look the same.
Interesting, there was another slightly larger duck hanging around when they were that looked like a drake teal but w/ no markings ,just sort of a blackish color. What does their eclipse plumage look like, and when do they come into full plumage?