Ring-necked duck or Tufted?

[jlcarnagey]

I'm pretty sure its a ring-necked by the color of the bill, but not sure. He has his head down making it look like he has gray on his head.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2109527538_af3cb3d206.jpg?v=0

Here he is doing his swan inpersonation.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2108751837_bd25e73542.jpg?v=0

[sonic72]

ring necked,your 2nd shows the 'ringed neck' the 1st is a great pose

[Ephily]

Definitely Ring-necked Duck, you can tell, as you mentioned, by the color of the bill (as well as other points). A Tufted Duck would be extremly rare, if not impossible to see in Idaho, they are European birds and very rarely seen along the west coast.

[hTr]

A beauty Joe

Very well done!!

[jlcarnagey]

Thanks for the info. 2nd guessing myself. New to spotting these guys.

[Sindri Skulason]

This is a Ring-necked duck and you did well on exposure. :-)

[Guerry Dalrymple]

Great shot of a Ring Neck

[tom ryan]

Nice work on these...I like the pose on the first one!
...tom