They feed most actively at night, so you’ll often see #ruddyducks sleeping during the day, head tucked under a wing and tail cocked up. They mainly eat seeds and roots of aquatic plants, aquatic insects and crustaceans. These birds dive and swim underwater.

Ruddy Ducks are just plain cool. Peace! #birds #birding #ducks #waterfowl #ruddyducks #pwace

Ruddy Duck family at Vasona Park #birds #ruddyducks

Ruddy buddies #birds #ducks #ruddyducks #springmigration

Opposition against culling #ruddyducks and #egyptiangoose in Zeeland, the Netherlands "probability ruddy duck to mate with white headed incredibly small" http://ozld.nl/TcOY

It’s weird duck season in Boston! The #ringneckedducks #ruddyducks and #americancoots are back in Chestnut Hill Reservoir! Along with two #piedbilledgrebes, a #yellowbelliedsapsucker, and a few #goldencrownedkinets

The ruddy duck is always one of my favourites to photograph. #duck #ruddyducks #birds

Illustration of Ruddy Ducks by Louis Agassiz Fuertes from Birds of the Rockies by Leander S. Keyser, Chicago, 1902.
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