Blue-winged Teal Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Just about the most common duck that you see around southeastern South Dakota, and because of that, I don't really target them for photography very much. I guess that's why I think many of my photos below are pretty "OK", but not much more. In April of 2018 however, everything came together for the photo below...dead-still morning without any wind (a rarity in South Dakota!), early morning light, a perfect reflection, and a cooperative bird...one of my favorite waterfowl photos, period.

Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors


Blue-winged Teal 1	Blue-winged Teal 2	Blue-winged Teal 3	Blue-winged Teal 4
April 11th, 2010	August 2nd, 2007	April 11th, 2010	August 2nd, 2007
Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Drake teal with reflection on mirror-like water	Female on duckweed-covered pond	Male swimming through shallow wetland	Two females, one stretching and showing blue wing patch

Blue-winged Teal 5	Blue-winged Teal 6	Blue-winged Teal 7	Blue-winged Teal 8
April 11th, 2010	April 11th, 2010	May 1st, 2009	May 12th, 2012
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Male with perfect reflection on water	Male standing on fallen log in wetland habitat	Drake swimming on the edge of a flooded grassy field	Male in a flooded muddy ditch

Blue-winged Teal 9	Blue-winged Teal 10	Blue-winged Teal 11	Blue-winged Teal 12
March 31st, 2012	March 31st, 2012	March 31st, 2012	April 10th, 2011
Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota	Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota	Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota	Dewey Gevik Nature Area, South Dakota
Male at the edge of a cattail swamp on a cloudy, gloomy day	Profile of a male swimming in a shallow wetland	Male and female swimming through a shallow wetland	Male and female sitting at edge of a wetland

Blue-winged Teal 13	Blue-winged Teal 14	Blue-winged Teal 15	Blue-winged Teal 16
April 10th, 2011	April 10th, 2011	May 13th, 2018	May 3rd, 2020
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Weisensee Slough, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Drake standing on the edge of a muddy field	Profile of male in a shallow wetland habitat	Male resting in a grassy patch on the edge of its wetland habitat	Male resting in a muddy ditch

Blue-winged Teal 17	Blue-winged Teal 18	Blue-winged Teal 19	Blue-winged Teal 20
April 18th, 2020	April 22nd, 2020	April 15th, 2018	May 2nd, 2019
Lincoln County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Male and female resting on the water's edge	Male standing in the mud on the edge of a wetland	Male with perfect reflection on mirror-like water on a sunny day	Drake standing on grassy clump at the water's edge