Female Ring necked duck
by Bryan Keil
Title
Female Ring necked duck
Artist
Bryan Keil
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A compact diving duck with a distinctive head shape also a sloping forehead and peaked rear crown. The crown flattens when they are diving. In-flight, Ring-necked Ducks appear large-headed with a thin neck and a short, round body.Females are rich brown with a contrastingly pale cheek, a white patch near the bill, and a whitish eyering. Adult males have a prominent white ring on the bill.Ring-necked Ducks are often in small flocks and pairs, diving to feed on mollusks, invertebrates, and submerged aquatic vegetation. Sometimes they flock with scaup; other times you may see them with dabbling ducks.Ring-necked Duck
Female Peaked crown Mostly tan and gray throughout, dark on back Pale white around and behind eye Gray bill with white and black markings at the tip. This bird's common name (and its scientific name "collaris," too) refer to the Ring-necked Duck's hard-to-see chestnut collar on its black neck. It is not a good field mark to use for identifying the bird, but it jumped out to the nineteenth century biologists that described the species using dead specimens. This photo was taken at Papago park Tempe, Arizona. Fine Art America watermark will not appear on purchased artwork.
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February 9th, 2013
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Don Columbus
Congratulations Bryan, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Sharon Mau
. . . . . . . ☆ ☆ . . ♥ . . Featured: :: Fine Art Photography :: . . ♥ . . ☆ ☆ . . . . . . . http://pixels.com/groups/fine-art-photography.html
JOHN TELFER
Bryan, Fantastic ring neck duck photo, love the great details and the amazing clarity in this photo, fav, voted and google promoted