Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Ducks are compact, diving ducks with short necks and stiff tails that they hold upright quite often.
Title: Drake Ruddy Duck almost in breeding plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/13/2024
Title: Ruddy Duck drake on December 15, 2023
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2023
Title: Ruddy Duck drake on November 25, 2023
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/25/2023
Title: Urban drake Ruddy Duck
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/25/2023
Title: Ruddy Duck drake on a windy afternoon
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/25/2023
Title: Drake Ruddy Duck shaking in morning light
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2023
Title: Spring drake Ruddy Duck up close
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Male Ruddy Duck portrait in spring
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Spring drake Ruddy Duck portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Male Ruddy Duck showing his stiff tail
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Spring drake Ruddy Duck swimming in an urban pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Drake Ruddy Duck portrait in full breeding plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2023
Title: Urban Ruddy Duck drake
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/4/2021
Title: Ruddy Duck drake transitioning into breeding plumage
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/4/2021
Title: Diving Ruddy Duck
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/25/2021
Title: Winter Ruddy Duck
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/25/2021
Title: Ruddy Duck resting in morning fog
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/13/2019
Title: Drake Ruddy Duck in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Title: Nonbreeding Ruddy Duck drake and his wake
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: Drake Ruddy Duck in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: Ruddy Duck drake and hen at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: Ruddy Duck female in evening light
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/12/2016
Title: Ruddy Duck – Mallard size comparison
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/12/2016
Title: Preening female Ruddy Duck
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/12/2016
Title: Ruddy Duck drake at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/17/2015
Title: Fluffed up Ruddy Duck female
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/6/2015
Title: Female Ruddy Duck with a feather on her bill
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/6/2015
Title: Ruddy Duck female starting to settle back into the water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/6/2015