We Never Did Get a Good Picture of the Cinnamon Teal

The Cinnamon Teal were abundant at the refuge. And yet somehow they eluded our cameras like skilled celebrities dodging paparazzi.

First they were far off and we struggled with the focus

Then we got close, but they headed behind the grass....and focus is still an issue

Deeper and deeper behind cover...

We moved the car, but they had another means of escape:

The mostly unobstructed, almost unblurry torso of the Cinnamon Teal: