updated 11/14: duck, wigeon, gadwall, shoveler, pintail, teal, garganey, canvasback, redhead, scaup, goldeneye, bufflehead, eider, scoter, merganser
![American Wigeon]()
![American Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![American Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR]()
![American Wigeon (nonbreeding male with white stipe) - Ashland Pond]()
![American Wigeon w/o breeding plumage (© Nick Viani ) Ashland Pond, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (2) and a Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR. Note]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR Note]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Barrow's Goldeneye - Lost Creek Dam Hatchery]()
![Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL]()
![Black-bellied Whistling-duck (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL]()
![Black-bellied Whistling ducks]()
![Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach]()
![Black Scoters (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park]()
![Blue-winged Teal (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL]()
![Bufflehead (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands]()
![Bufflehead (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Nature Preserve]()
![Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County]()
![Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County]()
![Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak]()
![Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak]()
![Bufflehead Ducks (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Canvasback - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Cinnamon Teal]()
![Cinnamon Teal & Ducklings (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Cinnamon Teal (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR]()
![Cinnamon Teal, Coots, Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico]()
![Cinnamon Teal Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Common Gallinule picking on a Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ]()
![Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR]()
![Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR]()
![Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Common Goldeneye Female (© Nick Viani 7/26) Hoster pond, Yaak, MT]()
![Common Merganser]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR) Note]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/1) Hoster's pond, Yaak, MT]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/8) Bird kayaking along the Tilton River, Ike Kinswa State Park, WA]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/8) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR]()
![Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR]()
![Common Merganser (female/nonbreeding male) - Ashland Pond]()
![Common Merganser (Hyatt Lake, OR)]()
![Common Merganser (L. female)]()
![Common Merganser - female (© Nick Viani 3/1) Parker Canyon Lake, AZ]()
![Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Female American Wigeon and American Coot (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Fulvous Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Fulvous Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Gadwall]()
![Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA]()
![Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA]()
![Gadwalls]()
![Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands]()
![Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Greater Scaup (male)]()
![Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Hooded Merganser (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands]()
![Hooded Merganser (female)]()
![Hooded Merganser (male)]()
![Hooded Mergansers (l. female, r. male)]()
![Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![King Eider couple (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![King Eider detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska]()
![Lesser Goldfinch and Duck Weed (© Nick Viani 3/18) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Lesser Scaup (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands]()
![Long-tailed Duck (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Long-tailed Duck - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Mallard & ducklings (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Mallard & ducklings - Ashland Pond]()
![Mallard (© Nick Viani 5/11) Oregon Dept. of Fish & Game, Medford, OR]()
![Mallard (© Nick Viani 5/11) Oregon Dept. of Fish & Game, Medford, OR]()
![Mallard Duck & Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Mallard Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK]()
![Mallard Duck on nest (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway - Ashland Transect A&B]()
![Mallard Mom & kids (© Nick Viani) Kayak Birding on Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Mexican (Mallard) Duck (© Nick Viani 3/29)]()
![Mexican Duck (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona]()
![Mexican Mallard Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona]()
![Mexican Mallard Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona]()
![Misc. Ducks in the canal (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR]()
![Mottled duck]()
![Mottled Duck]()
![Mottled Duck (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Mottled Duck - left m. (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Mottled ducks]()
![Muscovy Duck - Wild (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica]()
![Nick_Viani_-_Anchorage-3(1)]()
![Nick_Viani_-_June-50(1)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Pintail - Diamond Road, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Pintail - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Pintails]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ]()
![Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Northern Shoveler (female)]()
![Northern Shoveler (l), Ruddy Ducks (m), and a Greater Scaup (r)]()
![Northern Shoveler (l) and a Greater Scaup]()
![Northern Shoveler (male)]()
![Pied-billed Grebe (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Red-breasted Merganser (f)]()
![Red-breasted Merganser, Whitefish, Mt]()
![Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Ring-necked Duck]()
![Ring-necked Duck]()
![Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR]()
![Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry Transect]()
![Ring-necked Duck (f) - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Ring-necked Duck (m) - Ashland Pond]()
![Ring-necked Duck - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA]()
![Ruddy Duck]()
![Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area]()
![Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ]()
![Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Ruddy Duck (male in breeding colors)]()
![Ruddy Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Ruddy Duck yucking it up (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ]()
![Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Treatment Plant, Tucson, AZ]()
![Shoveler - Bear Creek Greenway--Mingus Pond]()
![Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Note]()
![Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area]()
![Sorry-looking Hybrid duck (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Steller's Eider (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska]()
![Surf Scoters (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR]()
![Tricolored Heron (and Mottled ducks)]()
![White-faced Ibis & a Cinnamon Teal Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Wood Duck]()
![Wood Duck & chicks]()
![Wood Duck & duckling (© Nick Viani 5/29) Ashland Pond]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Greenway Bike Trail]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 8/7) Siltcoos River, Oregon]()
![Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 8/7) Siltcoos River, Oregon]()
![Wood Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Wood Duck female (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Wood Duck juvenile (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Lagoon Campground (near Florence, OR)]()
![Wood Ducklings and watchful parent (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway. Note]()
![Wood Ducks & Mallard (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond]()
![Wood Ducks - l. male displaying breeding plumage, c. non-breeding "eclipse" male, r. female (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR]()

American Wigeon

American Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

American Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR

American Wigeon (nonbreeding male with white stipe) - Ashland Pond

American Wigeon w/o breeding plumage (© Nick Viani ) Ashland Pond, OR

Barrow's Goldeneye (2) and a Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR. Note

Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR Note

Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Barrow's Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Barrow's Goldeneye - Lost Creek Dam Hatchery

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL

Black-bellied Whistling-duck (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL

Black-bellied Whistling ducks

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach

Black Scoters (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park

Blue-winged Teal (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL

Bufflehead (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands

Bufflehead (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Nature Preserve

Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County

Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) Eagle Ridge Park, Klamath County

Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak

Bufflehead Duck (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak

Bufflehead Ducks (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Canvasback - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Cinnamon Teal

Cinnamon Teal & Ducklings (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway

Cinnamon Teal (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Cinnamon Teal, Coots, Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico

Cinnamon Teal Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Common Gallinule picking on a Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ

Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR

Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR

Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Common Goldeneye (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Common Goldeneye Female (© Nick Viani 7/26) Hoster pond, Yaak, MT

Common Merganser

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR) Note

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Link River Walk, Klamath Falls, OR

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Siltcoos River, birding by boat

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/1) Hoster's pond, Yaak, MT

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/8) Bird kayaking along the Tilton River, Ike Kinswa State Park, WA

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/8) Siltcoos River, birding by boat

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR

Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR

Common Merganser (female/nonbreeding male) - Ashland Pond

Common Merganser (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Common Merganser (L. female)

Common Merganser - female (© Nick Viani 3/1) Parker Canyon Lake, AZ

Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Female American Wigeon and American Coot (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Fulvous Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Fulvous Whistling Ducks (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Gadwall

Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA

Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA

Gadwalls

Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands

Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK

Greater Scaup (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK

Greater Scaup (male)

Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Hooded Merganser (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands

Hooded Merganser (female)

Hooded Merganser (male)

Hooded Mergansers (l. female, r. male)

Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Hooded Merganser ~ Hood Series (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

King Eider couple (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska

King Eider detail (© Nick Viani) SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska

Lesser Goldfinch and Duck Weed (© Nick Viani 3/18) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Lesser Scaup (© Nick Viani) Klamath Wetlands

Long-tailed Duck (© Nick Viani) Teller Highway, Nome, Alaska

Long-tailed Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska

Long-tailed Duck - male (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska

Mallard & ducklings (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway

Mallard & ducklings - Ashland Pond

Mallard (© Nick Viani 5/11) Oregon Dept. of Fish & Game, Medford, OR

Mallard (© Nick Viani 5/11) Oregon Dept. of Fish & Game, Medford, OR

Mallard Duck & Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK

Mallard Duckling (© Nick Viani) Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, AK

Mallard Duck on nest (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway - Ashland Transect A&B

Mallard Mom & kids (© Nick Viani) Kayak Birding on Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Mexican (Mallard) Duck (© Nick Viani 3/29)

Mexican Duck (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona

Mexican Mallard Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona

Mexican Mallard Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona

Misc. Ducks in the canal (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR

Mottled duck

Mottled Duck

Mottled Duck (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Mottled Duck - left m. (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Mottled ducks

Muscovy Duck - Wild (© Nick Viani) Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Nick_Viani_-_Anchorage-3(1)

Nick_Viani_-_June-50(1)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Pintail (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Pintail - Diamond Road, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Pintail - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Pintails

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, OR

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ

Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Northern Shoveler (female)

Northern Shoveler (l), Ruddy Ducks (m), and a Greater Scaup (r)

Northern Shoveler (l) and a Greater Scaup

Northern Shoveler (male)

Pied-billed Grebe (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Red-breasted Merganser (f)

Red-breasted Merganser, Whitefish, Mt

Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR

Ring-necked Duck (© Nick Viani 3/7) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry Transect

Ring-necked Duck (f) - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Ring-necked Duck (m) - Ashland Pond

Ring-necked Duck - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA

Ruddy Duck

Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ

Ruddy Duck (© Nick Viani 11/25) Putnam Park, Link River, Klamath Falls, OR

Ruddy Duck (male in breeding colors)

Ruddy Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Ruddy Duck yucking it up (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ

Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Sweetwater Treatment Plant, Tucson, AZ

Shoveler - Bear Creek Greenway--Mingus Pond

Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Note

Shoveler Ducks (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Sorry-looking Hybrid duck (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge

Steller's Eider (© Nick Viani) Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska

Surf Scoters (© Nick Viani 9/15) Siltcoos River, Siuslaw National Forest, OR

Tricolored Heron (and Mottled ducks)

White-faced Ibis & a Cinnamon Teal Duck - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Wood Duck

Wood Duck & chicks

Wood Duck & duckling (© Nick Viani 5/29) Ashland Pond

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Ashland Greenway Bike Trail

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transact AB

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 5/30) Ashland Pond

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 8/7) Siltcoos River, Oregon

Wood Duck (© Nick Viani 8/7) Siltcoos River, Oregon

Wood Duck - female (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR

Wood Duck female (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway

Wood Duck juvenile (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Lagoon Campground (near Florence, OR)

Wood Ducklings and watchful parent (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Bear Creek Greenway. Note

Wood Ducks & Mallard (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond

Wood Ducks - l. male displaying breeding plumage, c. non-breeding "eclipse" male, r. female (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR