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I walked out to the sewer pond here in Port Williams today a little after four in the afternoon. There were sixteen goldeneyes in the pond, twenty three mallards, a pair of lesser scaup and the drake redhead were all resting on the ice. I haven't seen a ring necked duck here since the fall, but one is being reported. Could the female scaup be misidentified by me or other observers? Ring necked duck females usually have a white ring on the bill, white ring around the eye and a smudged white patch behind the bill. The female scaup have no bill ring, no eye ring and a brighter and more pronounced patch behind the bill. There is also the possibility of a hybrid. George Forsyth
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