The cryptic coloration of female ducks

This Blue-winged Teal is a good example

June 21, 2016 at 1:11PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Female ducks are cryptically colored, camouflage plumage their main defense against predation when they are on the nest, incubating eggs. This female Blue-winged Teal, off the nest but nonetheless hard to see, is a good example.

(James J. Williams /The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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