{"id":110014,"date":"2023-02-05T04:32:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=110014"},"modified":"2023-02-05T04:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T11:33:17","slug":"urban-ring-necked-duck-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/05\/urban-ring-necked-duck-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Ring-necked Duck Hen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a simple urban Ring-necked Duck hen photo this morning. I photographed this female diving duck at my local pond exactly five years ago today.<\/p>\n

\"UrbanUrban Ring-necked Duck hen \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As often as I see Ring-necked Ducks during the fall and winter I really don’t have that many photos of them in my archives or galleries. Away from urban areas I have found them to be rather skittish which may be part of the reason why I have fewer images of them than I would like to have.<\/p>\n

With their mostly black and white plumage, drake Ring-necked Ducks<\/span><\/a> are flashier than the hens are. I enjoy the more subtle beauty of the mostly brown hens.<\/p>\n

This hen Ring-necked Duck was very cooperative and I took quite a few images of her when she swam in close to where I sat in a mobile blind. As I recall it was quite chilly that bright winter afternoon and I needed gloves on to keep my fingers from getting numb.<\/p>\n

This winter I have seen both male and female Ring-necked Ducks at my neighborhood pond. They have stayed out in the middle of the pond where I can’t get the frame filling images of them that I would like to have.<\/p>\n

I hope that I will be able to take a few more images of this diving duck species before they leave and head to their breeding grounds. Whether I do or not primarily depends on if the sun is shining instead of heavy dark clouds over the valley. It has been a fairly gray winter here in northern Utah, much grayer than usual.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Ring-necked Duck photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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