Bird Watching: A Weekend With Waterfowl, 1 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
I heard Trumpeter Swans were wintering at the outlet to Kenai Lake and in open water on the upper Kenai River, Alaska. So today I took the drive to see for myself. It's well over 100 miles each way from Anchorage. I took pictures on four adult Trumpeter Swans, and one gray Juvenal, just above the the Sterling Hwy. bridge at the lakes outlet. There was a large flock of Mallards swimming in the open water. When I looked at the pictures, I discovered an unexpected duck among the Mallards. The bird front and center in this picture (appears to me to be) a male Ring-necked Duck. However, according to Stokes Field Guide, Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is way out of the Ring-necked's territory.