green-winged teal

The commission’s Mark Vrtiska says mallards and green-winged teal ducks are both doing very well, and those are the top two breeds hunters harvest in Nebraska.

The area is also home to bald eagles, green-winged teal and western meadowlark.

Turn east and there’s a small wetland, home to a handful of green-winged teal ducks and an occasional soaring hawk.

Officials said the strain found in the green-winged teal doesn't appear to have infected any domestic poultry or people.

Agriculture Department spokesman Hector Castro says the new H5N1 strain was confirmed in a green-winged teal killed by a hunter near Sumas.