Perhaps a more accurate name for Ring-necked Ducks would have been Ring-billed Ducks. The ring on the neck does exist, but it is tough to see. Biologists in the 1800s noticed it when using dead ...

Unlike the mergansers, these Ring-necked Ducks are more frequently seen in the Caribbean. Yet they are still not common in ...

The duck in question was a Ring-necked Duck. As you can see from the photo I took the male Ring-necked Duck (which this one was) is a sharply marked bird of gleaming black, grey, and white.

Just keep all food to yourself so they don't follow you around. It's also possible to see Hooded Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Wild Turkeys, Pied-billed Grebe, Wood Storks, or Little Blue Herons.