Had a couple visitors show up yesterday morning and still hanging around today. This is the first time I seen any in person. I live along the Ohio River as far south in Illinois as you can go, and I had heard of them being in the region in recent summers. I sent a picture to my father-in-law who lives about 30 minutes south of me and he responded with a picture of two that were sitting on his pond.

I have heard of those, they sure are neat looking birds. The wife saw them in GA, near Savannah. Don't think we get them in WI.

Quite a few around here

We had a flock in the bottoms several years ago

Very nice.Tree duck if I remember correctly

Seen a good many but never shot one. Wonder how they taste?

That pic makes me think of Jonathan loved his photos.

The skin sticks really tight to the meat. They are about on par with ring neck for eating. They are thick here in summer. More aggressive than wood ducks and they dominate the prime nesting cavities, displacing native wood ducks. They are the dumbest of the ducks.

cool looking, never heard of them before, they look big?, are they

These are no bigger than the domestic ducks we have. They have long legs and necks. They've been here 3 days now, but I don't have a box or anything they could nest in unfortunately

Seen some in south east Iowa in the last few years.

I think they taste about 10 times better than a mallard, Whitecliffs is the first person I have ever heard that didn't like eating them

I will shoot 6 black bellies every time before I would shoot a mallard or teal. They are my favorite duck to eat. The legs are the best part!

Nobody I know likes to eat them - at least here in Arkansas

We got a lot of them here! They are starting to be a nuisance! I heard, they might not put a limit on them during duck season!