Blue-Winged Teal - Blast From The Past Finds
Blue-Winged Teal is a true "birder's bird" especially when you find them as juveniles in some far flung western location. I first saw Blue-Winged Teal in Dublin, at the North Bull Island, a bird that would prove to be a regular winter occurrence for many years. Blue-Winged Teal - Bull Island - Robert Vaughan September 12th 2010 My first self found bird popped up at Shannon Airport Lagoon after a great weekend of seawatching at the Bridges of Ross. After two days of seawatching, good numbers of Leaches Petrels , decent numbers of Sabine's Gulls , Grey Phalaropes , the odd Black Tern and a couple of Wilson's Petrel whilst seawatching, and a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper on the headland itself, I was feeling pretty good on the drive back to Cork. I decided to stop into Shannon Airport Lagoon to, it being a bit to early to jump on the Mallow road. Just a minute or two on site, and my attention was drawn by that "Teal wanting to be a Pintail" appearance and...