{"id":6634,"date":"2012-11-23T04:49:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T11:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2023-02-05T07:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T14:53:51","slug":"ring-necked-duck-drake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/23\/ring-necked-duck-drake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring-necked Duck Drake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ring-neckedRing-necked Duck drake – Nikon D200, tripod mounted, f8, 1\/800, ISO 250, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this drake Ring-necked Duck in breeding plumage a few years ago on a pond not far from where I live. He was a “one day wonder”, meaning it was the only day I found him on the pond. Lesser and Great Scaup drakes look similar but Ring-necked Duck males are easy to tell apart from them because of the white outline on the bill and the white spur on the flank.<\/p>\n

I’m able to use a tripod at this pond and get close to the birds because they are habituated to human foot traffic at the pond. I use a Gitzo Carbon Fiber tripod and a Gimbal style Jobu Black Widow head.<\/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":"

I photographed this drake Ring-necked Duck in breeding plumage a few years ago on a pond not far from where I live. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,132,709,26],"tags":[4004,4165,4053,4753,4483,1129,126,4062,1984,4011,3973,8018,30,3996,1983,4082,4032,373],"class_list":["post-6634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-ring-necked-ducks","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-aythya-collaris","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-diving-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-male","tag-pond","tag-ring-necked-duck","tag-salt-lake-county","tag-urban","tag-utah-2","tag-water","tag-water-birds","tag-water-fowl","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ring-necked-duck-mia-mcpherson-0993.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1J0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110014,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/05\/urban-ring-necked-duck-hen\/","url_meta":{"origin":6634,"position":0},"title":"Urban Ring-necked Duck Hen","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a simple urban Ring-necked Duck hen photo this morning. 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