Rice Lake is known for its tremendous number of ring-necked ducks.

Ring-necked Duck pairs start during spring migration.

The areas forested wetlands support good numbers of black ducks, ring-necked ducks, and goldeneye.

Ring-necked Ducks are small to medium sized diving ducks.

Diving ducks such as scaup and ring-necked ducks use deeper refuge waters.

Primary diving ducks are scaup and ring-necked ducks.

The first Ring-necked Duck in the West Midlands county was found here in 2001.

On a brief stroll we saw a ring-necked duck with yellow and black ducklings, a dowitcher and a kingfisher among others.

Aythya collaris (Ring-necked Duck)

The Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) is a diving duck from North America.

The Baer's Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, and American Wigeon have also been recorded.

Some less numerous migrants are pintail, green-winged teal, American wigeon, scaup, bufflehead, golden-eye, ring-necked ducks, and black ducks.

Several rare birds have been recorded such as Whiskered Tern, Green-winged Teal and Ring-necked Duck.

Migratory species include woodcock, Canada geese, redhead duck, ring-necked duck, canvasback duck, greater scaup and lesser scaup.

Other common waterfowl include western Canada geese, mallards, northern pintails, gadwalls, green-winged teal, northern shovelers, canvasbacks, ring-necked ducks, and American wigeon.

Female and immature hybrids typically lack the white bill base, except in those between Lesser Scaup and Ring-necked Duck, where the white extends to the eye region.

American Coots often feed in the company of other waterfowl species, and occasionally will rob diving ducks-including Ring-necked Ducks, Redheads and Canvasback-when they surface with food.

Bird species that migrate to the region, the report says, include the peregrine falcon, the bald eagle, the great blue heron, the snow goose, the ring-necked duck and the northern harrier.

November's observations included ravens, baseline water chemistry measurements, carp, a frigate bird, buffleheads, short-eared owl, Bonaparte's gulls, early denning by black bears, ring-necked ducks and goldeneyes.

RING-NECKED DUCK Aythya collaris.

Martnaham has had some notable rarities recorded over the years, such as Smew, Ring-necked Duck, Black Tern, Lesser Scaup and Hobby.

Also, small populations of American Black Duck, Ring-necked Duck and Blue-winged Teal breed at the impoundment established by Ducks Unlimited.

Sightings, and short term residencies, of Greater Scaup, Grey Phalarope, Ring-necked Duck and Long-tailed Duck have also been documented.

Thousands upon thousands of mallard, pintail, green-winged teal, and ring-necked ducks flock into the managed wetlands; while the colorful, yet secretive, wood duck lives throughout the tree-lined slough channels.

Mallards, American wigeon, gadwall, northern shoveler, teal, scaup, and ring-necked ducks traveling through the Mississippi Flyway stop by Hillside National Wildlife Refuge each winter.