BIRDS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 



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its food with head under water and 

 tail in the air. 



Frequents tule - bordered freshwater 

 ponds, rivers, and marshes. Has been 

 noted as a C. V. on the Merced River 

 in Yosemite Valley and in Little Yo- 

 semite Valley. Recorded as nesting to 

 an elevation of about 7,500 feet. 



CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanop- 

 tera): 15/2-17 in. Head and neck dark 

 cinnamon ; brown wings with large area 

 of blue; green speculum, bordered by 

 white; upper hack chestnut, grading 

 into brown; under surface of wings 

 white; under parts cinnamon changing 

 to black on belly; iris red. Female: 



CANADA GOOSE 



/ 23-42 



MALLARD 



20-28 



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Above dark brown, marked with gray; 

 below grayish; breast spotted with 

 brown; large blue patch on forepart of 

 wing. 



S. V. on freshwater lakes and ponds. 

 Widespread in spring and fall migra- 

 tion. G. V. to Yosemite region, most 

 likely to be seen in spring. 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Anas dis- 

 cors): 14-16 in. Head gray with a 

 large white crescent between eye and 

 bill; large blue patch in wing which 

 may appear whitish; below dark gray, 

 spotted with black; bill black; feet yel- 

 lowish. Female: Mottled brown with 

 blue patch on forepart of wing; not 

 as rusty or as coarsely mottled as female 

 cinnamon teal. 



Frequents freshwater ponds and 

 slowly moving streams. C. V. to Yo- 

 semite region. Has been observed in 

 Yosemite Valley. 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Anas 

 carolinensis): 12 5/2- 15 /a in. Generally 

 gray; head brown with iridescent green 

 patch showing in bright sunlight on 

 side of head; conspicuous white mark 

 in front of wing; speculum green; up- 

 per breast reddish-brown, spotted with 

 black; remaining under parts white; 

 under tail coverts black with creamy 

 areas laterally; bill lead-colored; feet 

 bluish-gray. Female: No white in wing; 

 speculum green. 



G. V. to the Yosemite region. 



PINTAIL (Anas acuta): 26-30 in. 

 Head and portion of fore-neck dark 

 brown; hind-neck dark; rest of neck, 

 breast, and belly white; white line on 

 side of neck extending well up onto 

 side of head; long, black, middle tail 

 feathers; area under tail black, bor- 

 dered laterally by white. Female: Head, 

 neck, and back generally brown; back 

 streaked with buff and black; no blue 

 speculum; below whitish; bill blue- 

 gray; white border on rear of wings, 

 seen in flight. Usually nests on dry 

 ground near ponds or lakes. 



G. V. to the Yosemite region. 



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