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Aythya collaris
Medium duck like water bird with black and white feathers. Predominant black/green head area; white mid body feather and black/brown tail area. L:ight blue beak/bill, several with banding on the beak of light and dark grey and white.
Manmade fresh water pond. Actually at the Northeast corner of Jog and LeChalet in West Boynton Beach, Fl.
Due to the banding on the beak I am uncertain as to the actual species. Possibly a cross of some type.
@AshleyT I spotted a Ring Necked Duck in 1/2013. It seemed to be me to be overall brownish color. These were more black/white and grey.
I wouldn't doubt it, I see Scaup and Ring-necked together all the time. All neat ducks :)
Many more of these here. Seems there were banded and unbanded of a similar duck. I would guess that they were a combo of Ringed and lesser in the flock
This is what I was talking about when I commented back a little bit ago on your other spotting :) So Ring-necks are related to Scaup and look very similar, but they have the more patterned bills :)
Spotted on Feb 17, 2014
Submitted on Feb 18, 2014
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