Similar in appearance to the scaups, but more often found in fresh marshes and wooded ponds. In flight, the dark wings are different from the white-edged wings of scaups.
Faint brown rings on a drake's neck never shows in the field; light bands at the tip and base of the bill are conspicuous.
Fly as small flocks in open formation; often land without circling.
Length: 17 "
Weight: 2 ? lbs
Ringneck
Ringneck
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
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hobiecat
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Re: Ringneck
I sure would like to shoot one or two of them!
I was drunk the day my momma got outta prison.
Re: Ringneck
I'm not sure I have ever seen one... Never had an interest in bird watching.
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
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hobiecat
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Re: Ringneck
I like's watchin'em, right before I pulls the trigger!
I was drunk the day my momma got outta prison.
Re: Ringneck
Chit, I am at a loss - dont know enough about duck huntin to make a reply..
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
Re: Ringneck
Aint that the trueth
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear