Mystery Bird: Female Gadwall, Anas strepera

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[Mystery bird] female Gadwall, Anas strepera, photographed in San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 March 2009 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400

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gadwall, I'm thinking female....per Sibley, white secondaries visible, plain face, thin bill orange on the sides, high forehead...cool drip!

I agree Ruthie, a female Gadwall (Anas strepera): mottled grey-brown plumage, white speculum, orange bill