Ruddy Duck

Description:

Compact diving ducks. Tails are often upright. In breeding season, males bills are blue.

Habitat:

Chesapeake Bay - off Kiptopeake State Park fishing pier

Notes:

I counted 86. The other birders in my group and I were surprised to see so many together at once. We were with Noah Strycker - who in 2015, set a world record by seeing 6,042 species of birds - in one year. 41 countries on 7 continents.) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S4...