In the hand, and when fully plumed, ring-necked ducks have more tufted heads than bluebills. Most noticeably, ringnecks have gray speculums (on the tops of their wings), not white, like bluebills.

Gadwalls Tipping Up to Feed- COURTESY: James Giroux Diving ducks do dive down to find food, disappearing and reappearing sometimes a distance away. Ring-necked Duck and Lesser Scaup are among the ...

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.

Female ring-necked's have pale feathering around the base of the bill and a brownish-grey body. "Ring–necked Ducks are fairly well-established in captivity, likely due to their preference for ...

While there remains a shortage of upland nesting habitat across the state, Szymanski said overwater nesting species such as canvasbacks, redheads and ring-necked ducks all set records for number ...

Thirteen species of waterfowl were present, including 334 Canada geese (an all-time high), a northern pintail and all three of our diving ducks in the genus Aythya: 11 ring-necked ducks ...

Coming in soon and staying mostly through winter will be hooded mergansers, ruddy ducks, gadwalls, wigeons, shovelers, mallards, pintails, canvasbacks, buffleheads, ring-necked ducks and others.