dddiver said:If it's not a stupid question,how does the ring necked duck get it's name? :stuck:
Wow,thanks for that CW.That's the first time i've seen any evidence of a ring.cavan wood said:Suprisingly visible on a couple of these photos.
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Scott
joannechattaway said:I saw my first ring necked duck a couple of weeks ago and thought at the time that it should be called the ring billed duck.
Joanne
overworkedirish said:Well see, back in the day when they used to have to shoot the bird to identify it, they got their sights on the yet-unnamed Ring-necked Duck, shot, and collected their prize. With the bird dead and in hand, the ring around the neck was easy to see and seemed to be a good, diagnostic field mark, and it was so named "Ring-necked Duck." What these hunter/birders failed to realize is the virtual inability to see that field mark in the actual field. |8||
overworkedirish said:Well see, back in the day when they used to have to shoot the bird to identify it, they got their sights on the yet-unnamed Ring-necked Duck, shot, and collected their prize. With the bird dead and in hand, the ring around the neck was easy to see and seemed to be a good, diagnostic field mark, and it was so named "Ring-necked Duck." What these hunter/birders failed to realize is the virtual inability to see that field mark in the actual field. |8||
Frenchy said:Is this in a similar vein (also taking into accounts Mike's reply) to the worst named bird in the world - Red-bellied Woodpecker.
overworkedirish said:Other bad names? Connecticut Warbler - a rarity in Connecticut |8|| , named so only because the first specimen was captured there.