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.

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.

He points out a group of common goldeneyes gliding in the water, a lone mute swan perched on a patch of ice, ring-necked ducks and common mergansers swimming nearby. As he spoke, a bald eagle ...

1.6 pounds for ringnecks), the two ducks also share a common appearance, except that, paradoxically, the ringneck has a prominent ring around its bill (thus earning the name "ringbill'' among some ...

This group includes Ruddy Duck, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead and three merganser species. Sea ducks also fit this classification and include three ...

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 ...

There are several species of diving ducks to encounter on the lake, the most common being the Ringneck Duck, along with a few Scaup, Ruddy, Redhead, Canvasback and Baffleheads. The surface feeding ...

Twenty species of waterfowl were found with the most unusual being a pair of gadwall and three ring-necked ducks. Common loons abounded with 426 spotted along with 20 red-throated loons.

Common mergansers, fish-eating ducks with ... gadwalls, wigeons, and ring-necked ducks at Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Area. Cavity nesting has evolved as a defense against nest predation.