Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck And An Odd Lesser Scaup

By |2024-01-27T12:13:16-07:00January 20th, 2024|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Lesser Scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Seven days ago I found a Ring-necked Duck and an odd Lesser Scaup drake at my local pond. The scaup puzzled me and I wondered if he might be a hybrid.

Some Of The Joys Of Photographing Birds Close To Home

By |2024-02-13T15:20:13-07:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: American Coots, Birds, California Gulls, Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebes, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent some time at one of the local ponds yesterday afternoon and came home with photos that made me smile and for a little while I forgot about the long hours I spent getting skunked on the road earlier in the day.

Possible Name Change for Ring-necked Duck to Ring-billed Duck

By |2023-02-05T07:47:08-07:00January 20th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In 2017 one of the proposals submitted to the AOS is to rename Ring-necked Ducks to Ring-billed Ducks and I personally am all for the name change!

The Advantages of Photographing Birds Close to Home

By |2023-02-05T07:51:17-07:00February 18th, 2014|Categories: American Coots, American White Pelicans, Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Many beginning photographers dream of taking images in far off places of exotic birds and there is nothing wrong with that. But we shouldn’t overlook the advantages of photographing birds close to home.

Things are getting Ducky in Utah!

By |2024-03-28T05:06:28-06:00October 1st, 2011|Categories: Birds, Buffleheads, Cinnamon Teals, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Gadwalls, Greater Scaups, Mallards, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks, Salt Lake Valley|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Another wonderful change that I have been seeing is that a variety of duck species have been arriving at the Great Salt Lake

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