The bright sunshine of spring highlights the spectrum of birds in their mating plumage. The most striking in our area has to be the wood duck, a bird with colors that dazzle and a choice for nest ...

A woman was questioning her sanity after spotting a duck perched in a tree several metres off the ground while going for a walk through Queensland bushland last week. “Shocked” by what she believed ...

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

JUPITER FARMS, Fla. — Wildlife artist Laurie Wolf captured an unusual image this week. An owl and a duckling side-by-side peering out from a hole in a what appears to be a tree, but she describes as a ...

All diehard duck hunters have their favorite species, and they’ll usually rank them something like this: greenheads, canvasbacks, and pintails. But living and hunting in the northern half of the ...

Old Man Winter has finally relaxed his grip on a landscape that's been frozen for, well, a long time. If that isn't enough good news, consider this: Tomorrow we will receive about four more minutes of ...

White-tailed deer fawns are born. The first monarch butterflies arrive. New cattail leaves grow 2 to 5 feet, making marshes look green again. Gardeners harvest leaf lettuce, radishes, green onions, ...

“Wood ducks are stunningly beautiful with the best sense of smell and the largest eyes of any duck species in North America,” writes photographer Angela Marie. “They like to nest in tree cavities over ...

David Watkins doesn't consider himself much of a duck hunter. He's taken two before, and would be OK if he never took another. But after seeing a few wood ducks fly near his property in York County, ...

The drake wood duck in spring breeding plumage is probably the continent’s most beautiful waterfowl. That's pretty much a given among bird lovers, and that alone makes this duck so appreciated. But ...

Wood ducks are commonly seen on Alabama's marshes, swamps and other wetland areas. This duck is perceived by many to be one of the most beautiful species in North America and is a favorite of ...

A final decision has been signed for the Wood Duck Project in the Townsend Ranger District of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. “The Wood Duck Project utilizes active forest management ...