Baikal Teal

On December 2nd, 2010, Gary Nunn discovered one of Arizona's most remarkable rarities, a Baikal Teal!  Gary found the Baikal Teal at Gilbert Water Ranch in the evening when it was too dark for me to chase the bird by the time I got the message.  Fortunately, the bird was there the next morning when hundreds of birders (including me) went to chase it.  It was a first state record, and was in midst of a large flock of Northern Pintails and Green-winged Teal.  These pictures aren't good, but they are diagnostic for the Teal.

Baikal Teal