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Aythya collaris · Anatidae

Ring-necked Duck: When and Where to See It

Adult male Ring-necked Duck
Photo: Marcel_Pepin, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Ring-necked Duck reaches Colorado first, around the second week of September, and South Carolina last, around early November.

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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%5%10%Jan 1-7: 6.4% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 6.3% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 6.3% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 6.2% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 6.1% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 5.5% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 5.0% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 7.5% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 8.5% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 9.2% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 9.2% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 8.6% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 7.4% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 6.0% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 4.5% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 3.1% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 1.7% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 1.0% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 0.8% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.7% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.6% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 0.5% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 0.5% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 0.4% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 0.4% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 0.3% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 0.3% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 0.3% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 0.3% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.3% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 0.3% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 0.3% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 0.4% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 0.4% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 0.6% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 0.8% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 1.3% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 2.0% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 2.9% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 4.2% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 5.3% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 6.0% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 6.0% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 6.0% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 6.1% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 5.8% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 5.2% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 5.5% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
New HampshirePasses throughFeb 8-14Apr 1-7Jun 8-1412%
WyomingSummer visitorFeb 8-14Apr 15-21Jun 15-2111%
MinnesotaSummer visitorFeb 15-21Apr 1-7May 8-1419%
VermontPasses throughFeb 15-21Apr 1-7Apr 22-3012%
MaineSummer visitorFeb 22-28Apr 1-7Feb 1-78.4%
North DakotaSummer visitorMar 1-7Apr 15-21Jul 8-1415%
AlaskaSummer visitorMar 22-31May 8-14Dec 15-217.4%
IdahoSummer visitorAug 8-14Apr 1-7May 8-1413%
MontanaSummer visitorAug 15-21Apr 15-21May 22-3114%
South DakotaSummer visitorOct 1-7Apr 1-7May 1-718%
NebraskaWinter visitorOct 1-7Mar 15-21Apr 22-3016%
MichiganWinter visitorOct 1-7Mar 22-31May 1-714%
MassachusettsWinter visitorOct 1-7Mar 15-21Apr 15-2112%
CaliforniaWinter visitorOct 1-7Jan 8-14Apr 8-146.7%
IowaWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 15-21Apr 22-3020%
IndianaWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 8-14Apr 15-2115%
New JerseyWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 1-7Apr 8-1413%
IllinoisWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 15-21Apr 15-2112%
New YorkWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 15-21Apr 22-3012%
KansasWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 8-14Apr 8-149.4%
OklahomaWinter visitorOct 8-14Jan 8-14Mar 22-318.1%
Rhode IslandWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 8-14Apr 8-146.6%
OhioWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 15-2116%
PennsylvaniaWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 15-2114%
MarylandWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 1-7Apr 1-712%
West VirginiaWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 1-710%
ArkansasWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 8-14Mar 15-219.3%
ConnecticutWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 15-21Apr 15-219.4%
District of ColumbiaWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 8-14Mar 15-218.7%
TennesseeWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 1-7Mar 15-217.5%
TexasWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 8-14Mar 15-217.8%
VirginiaWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 22-31Mar 22-318.2%
MissouriWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 1-75.7%
HawaiiWinter visitorOct 15-21Nov 1-7Apr 1-71.9%
AlabamaWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 15-21Mar 1-78.1%
MississippiWinter visitorOct 22-31Nov 22-30Mar 8-149.5%
KentuckyWinter visitorOct 22-31Mar 1-7Mar 22-316.5%
LouisianaWinter visitorOct 22-31Dec 1-7Mar 1-75.5%
North CarolinaWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 8-14Mar 15-215.9%
GeorgiaWinter visitorOct 22-31Nov 22-30Mar 15-214.8%
DelawareWinter visitorNov 1-7Mar 8-14Apr 1-76.3%
FloridaWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 8-14Mar 8-144.8%
South CarolinaWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 8-14Mar 8-144.7%
WisconsinWinter visitorFeb 15-21Mar 22-31May 8-1415%
NevadaWinter visitorJul 15-21Jan 22-31Apr 15-2117%
OregonWinter visitorAug 15-21Mar 22-31May 1-715%
ColoradoWinter visitorSep 8-14Mar 15-21Apr 22-3013%
WashingtonWinter visitorSep 8-14Mar 15-21May 1-714%
ArizonaWinter visitorSep 15-21Jan 8-14Apr 1-717%
UtahWinter visitorSep 15-21Mar 22-31Apr 22-3011%
New MexicoWinter visitorSep 22-30Mar 1-7Apr 8-149.1%

Winter visitor in: Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Oregon

Passes through: New Hampshire, Vermont

Summer visitor in: Wyoming, Minnesota, Maine, North Dakota, Alaska, Idaho, Montana