There are two basic duck classifications -- puddle ducks and diving ducks. While puddle ducks leap from the water, diving ducks use their feet, skittering along to gain flight speed. Another ...

Sometimes it feels like ornithologists gave obscure names to birds just to confuse us neophyte birders. Take the name of the ring-necked duck that visits our ponds and lakes from the far north in ...

Perhaps a more accurate name for Ring-necked Ducks would have been Ring-billed Ducks. The ring on the neck does exist, but it is tough to see. Biologists in the 1800s noticed it when using dead ...

Radically fast bird, quick on the wing, a true rocket of the north. In size, the male mostly closely resembles the ring-necked duck. Differentiating the two is possible on the wing but not easy -- ...