The Redhead Duck was photographed on Lake Michigan at the Bayview Park in Bayview, Wisconsin
The female Redhead Duck photographed with other ducks while feeding in a small patch of water not frozen
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The male Redhead Duck is gray with a black chest, a round rufous head, and a bluish bill with black tip. The female Redhead Duck is brownish with a bluish bill with a black tip, and a suffused light patch near the bill. It has a range from west Canada, and west and north central of the United States, and the Great Lakes. It has a habitat around fresh marshes, lakes, and saltwater bays. The diet is mainly leaves, stems, seeds, and roots of aquatic plants.
Photos of Birds by Common Name by Sid Hamm 