Cinnamon Teal Sighting: Steelheader.net- Steelhead, Salmon and trout fishing

Spotted what appears to be a nesting pair of Cinnamon Teal in a marsh area along the private drive that leads to my home. It's an old river channel along the Cowlitz that is a favorite spot for many species of waterfowl, along with many species of amphibians, reptiles, insects, and mammals. A few Homo sapiens are sometimes spotted wandering through the swamp as well.

The teal have been hanging with a pair of mallards. They look like sparrows compared to the mallards but the drake Cinnamon Teal's colors are pretty awesome. Along with those ducks, there are ring-necks, buffleheads, wigeon, and a pair of gadwall. Geese are common visitors and nesters.

The raptors of course are drawn to the area by the smorgasboard. Red-tail hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, marsh hawks, barn owls, great-horned owls, kestrels, and eagles have all been spotted.

I wrote down a list of all the species of birds that I have seen near my home, it's pretty amazing. I'll post it if I can find it, or make a new one. It's easy to take for granted the abundant wildlife that I share my home with, but I try not to. I see people who live in cities come around and are astounded just to hear the quack of a hen mallard or the piercing cry of a red-tailed hawk.

If I remember to get a new camera, (old one was destroyed by the swampwater of Silverlake while duck hunting) I'll take some bird pictures. My daughter loves the wildlife and is just getting old enough to go on walks with me. She always encourages me to, "Go see duckies, daddy."

"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live."

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