Cinnamon Teal Duckling Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (20310939710)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: A cinnamon teal duckling is growing juvenille feathers over its down feathers it hatched with. Growing a set of new feathers and building muscles and bones requires a diet of invertebrates. The ducklings feed heavily on aquatic insects during the first months of life. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 8 August 2015, 10:13. Source: Cinnamon Teal Duckling Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.