How to Use blue-winged teal in a Sentence

blue-winged teal

noun
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  • Two blue-winged teals dabble in one pothole that’s sprung back to life with the rains.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • It was followed in the next 20 minutes by lone mallards and blue-winged teal.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Among species, mallards were down slightly while wood ducks and blue-winged teal were up.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2021
  • Third place was awarded to Christine Clayton, 23, of Sidney, Ohio for a painting of blue-winged teal.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The bird species affected include black-bellied whistling ducks, blue-winged teal and a variety of egret species.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The affected species include black-bellied whistling ducks, blue-winged teal and a variety of egrets.
    — NBC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But only for a moment as the net, driven by small charges of black powder in each of the blasting devices, rose and dropped atop what seemed like hundreds of blue-winged teal.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The birds affected have been identified as black-bellied whistling ducks, blue-winged teal and a variety of egret species.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Survey results are tallied for mallards, blue-winged teal, wood ducks and Canada geese.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2021
  • The fronts help spark the departure of blue-winged teal from their northern breeding grounds, one of the first and most pronounced waterfowl migrations each fall.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Guide Ray Sexton reported limits of blue-winged teal and gadwalls.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Among sightings were a blue-winged teal, a Nashville warbler, a Connecticut warbler, and two Cape May warblers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Some species like mallards get back to the prairie early as possible and (breed), while others like gadwall or blue-winged teal arrive up to a month later.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Observers noticed a ripple of newcomers to the sport and said that most hunters had fair opportunities to bag blue-winged teal, wood ducks and mallards.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This past week’s full moon saw the first trickles of blue-winged teal migrating south from their nesting grounds on prairies of the north-central U.S. and south-central Canada, many of the little ducks headed for Texas.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Finger said the agency is developing a library of isotope data from birds known to nest in the state, including mallards, wood ducks, blue-winged teal and ring-necked ducks.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2020
  • For opening day, our six-member camp took 14 ducks, including seven woodies, five mallards, one blue-winged teal and one hooded merganser.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The museum is part of West Friendship Park, a 375-acre preserve with six miles of nature trails, horseback riding and an ornithological habitat (a birders’ delight) for everything from blue-winged teal to snow geese.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 21 Feb. 2021

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