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ring-necked duck
noun
: a North American duck (Aythya collaris) that has a white ring around the bill and in the male a faint narrow chestnut ring encircling the neck
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At Chestnut Hill Reservoir, there was a ring-necked duck Five common mergansers and two dickcissels were seen at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.
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BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
Franklin County reports included a ring-necked duck at Barton’s Cove and an alder flycatcher in Deerfield.
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BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
Interesting reports included a ring-necked duck at Barton’s Cove, a little blue heron in Whately, a snowy egret at the Longmeadow Flats in Longmeadow, four sandhill cranes in Plainfield, an alder flycatcher and two Tennessee warblers in Huntington.
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BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
Sulli Gibson watched as a ring-necked duck dipped beneath the surface of Westchester Lagoon on a recent Sunday morning.
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Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2021
There were 46 ring-necked ducks at Ashley Falls in Sheffield and five common goldeneyes at the Stockbridge Bowl.
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BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
If not listed, up to six of the species can be taken, such as teal, gadwall and ring-necked ducks.
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John Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2019
And, in fact some swimmers do come in the winter: buffleheads, ring-necked ducks, mergansers and other waterfowl visiting from the north.
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New York Times, 18 Aug. 2019
Birds at Mill Pond in Barnstable included 3 blue-winged teal, a Northern pintail, 5 American wigeon, 18 ring-necked ducks, and a bald eagle.
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BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
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First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Ring-necked duck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring-necked%20duck. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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