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 ...

Bluebill numbers declining as ringneck numbers rise. ... September 18, 2019 at 5:17AM. A flock of five ring-necked ducks flew over a wild rice marsh, one of their favorite hideouts.

Ring-necked Duck and Lesser Scaup look somewhat similar. Visit All About Birds to compare them. Ring-necked Ducks are often seen on Austin-area shallow retention ponds that have marshy vegetation, ...

Ring-necked Ducks (Aythya collaris) are named for a chestnut ring encircling the necks of the drakes, but it is faint and can only be seen at close range or with a bird in hand. Their first home ...

For the first time on record, hunters in Minnesota in 2022 shot more blue-winged teal and ring-necked ducks than mallards. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW. Read Today's Paper Thursday, June 12.

BEMIDJI — For the first time in more than a half-century mallards were not the most common duck shot by Minnesota waterfowl hunters in 2022 — topped by both blue-winged teal and ring-necked ducks.

North Dakota duck brood numbers jump nearly 80%, Game and Fish says Overwater nesting species such as canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necked ducks all set records for number of broods observed this ...