Although this bird is named the ring-neck duck, it is most easily identified by the white ring close to the black tip of its bill. It is a common diving duck and will dive to escape danger. A ...

Ring-necked Ducks are the Red-bellied Woodpeckers of the duck world because their common name is a bit misleading. At first, “ring-neck” seems like a perfectly good descriptive name. It’s not.

Ring-necked Duck. May 23, 2001, 06:06 PM ET. ... Common Names Ring-billed Duck, Ringill, Blackjack, Ring-neck, American Tufted Duck, Marsh Bluebill and other local names. Characteristics ...

Canvasbacks, ring-neck ducks, old squaw, barrows and common goldeneye pretty much fill out the waterfowl in the Interior regions. Hunters who actually notice waterfowl, particularly ducks, are a ...

Similar in size (1.8 pounds for lesser scaup vs. 1.6 pounds for ringnecks), the two ducks also share a common appearance, except that, paradoxically, the ringneck has a prominent ring around its ...

ring-necked duck (ring´nek´) Average length: male 17 inches, female 16.6 inches. Average weight: male 1.6 pounds, female 1.5 pounds. In the hand, and when fully plumed, ring-necked ducks have ...

Ring-necked ducks are smaller than the average duck and will be attacked during nesting season by common Loons, which are much larger. They both dive for food, with the duck eating submerged ...

Perky, the ring-neck duck that survived being shot and spending two days in a hunter's refrigerator, has now had a close brush with death on a Florida veterinarian's operating table.