Decorating

Cinnamon eels look for a new mate every winter. Females let it be known that they like a male by swimming in front of him. Males decorate a female by brushing their feathers, calling and moving their heads up and down. When two teals have chosen each other, they do another kind of dance together in the water.

Stringent monitoring

The male of the cinnamon teal protects his territory well. This includes his female and her nest of eggs. The male is often so busy protecting the territory that he eats much less than the female. He does this from the moment the female begins building the nest. When the young hatch, he takes it a little easier.

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