Larry Eckart
Well-known member
Guys (and Dani),
The link below takes you to the winner of the 2019 North Carolina Duck Stamp. It's a beautiful pair of Ringnecks and I must admit a fondness for those misnamed Ringbills.
My first acquaintance with Ringers was in the public marshes of Carlyle Lake in Central Illinois. This was in the early 70's when friend Mark and I had tremendous enthusiasm, few skills and no money for equipment. I remember clearly on that day the clouds were low, the temperatures falling, the snow spitting and small clusters of birds schooled us that they were faster than we could swing our Mossberg 500's.
We dropped a few and then realized we had no idea what they were: some kind of brownish/black diver ducks.
We took them home and even Mark's father couldn't identify them.
Years later when I dropped some early season Ringers, I realized that those unidentified birds of my memory were juvenile Ringnecks.
Wonderful gifts of the marsh!
Larry
https://www.ncwildlife.org/News-Archives/2019-north-carolina-duck-stamp-features-pair-of-ring-necked-ducks?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nc-wildlife-update&utm_content=March+2019-2nd
The link below takes you to the winner of the 2019 North Carolina Duck Stamp. It's a beautiful pair of Ringnecks and I must admit a fondness for those misnamed Ringbills.
My first acquaintance with Ringers was in the public marshes of Carlyle Lake in Central Illinois. This was in the early 70's when friend Mark and I had tremendous enthusiasm, few skills and no money for equipment. I remember clearly on that day the clouds were low, the temperatures falling, the snow spitting and small clusters of birds schooled us that they were faster than we could swing our Mossberg 500's.
We dropped a few and then realized we had no idea what they were: some kind of brownish/black diver ducks.
We took them home and even Mark's father couldn't identify them.
Years later when I dropped some early season Ringers, I realized that those unidentified birds of my memory were juvenile Ringnecks.
Wonderful gifts of the marsh!
Larry
https://www.ncwildlife.org/News-Archives/2019-north-carolina-duck-stamp-features-pair-of-ring-necked-ducks?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nc-wildlife-update&utm_content=March+2019-2nd