They're a more recently cataloged subspecies, very similar to the Eurasian Teal but they overwinter in the Islands and don't migrate. There's more to it than that but that's all I remember from my reading.

Great pics by the way, the Aleutian Teal is on my list of North American birds that I've never shot and I doubt I ever do.

I've heard there's talk of taking the Emperor Geese off the protected list. Anybody heard anything about that?

Destry

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