Common Teal - Burnaby Lake, BC
This is one of those birds that have a duplicate that lives either in North America, or Eurasia. This is a Common, or Eurasian Teal that is usually found along the southern shores of Eastern Asia, India, the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean, and the Nile river valley in the winter. For some reason this male teal decided to head across at Alaska and stay in Vancouver for the winter. Not like the other, the common teal has a white and black stripe down the wing and not the white stripe of his cousin the American Green-winged Teal extending down the shoulder.