Not a common duck for us. Like most North American ducks, they spend summers up north, mostly in Canada and Alaska. Winter in the south as far down as Mexico. Sometimes we go an entire year without seeing one. This year I got lucky and found a few early.
Distinctive. Red head. Sloping face from the top of the head to the tip of the bill. White back. I wish I had really good pictures of them to share, but I don’t. They were kind of far away. The best one I got was this.
Good enough to prove I was there anyway.