I was nestled in a blind I had placed near a small pond. Through a tiny port in my hideout I saw a drake wood duck winging my way. Like a maple leaf in the wind, the wood duck — dressed in his ...

In the fall, I like to search wild places in hopes of finding birds that are migrating through central Ohio. The other day, I stumbled on a small flock of ducks, part of a species that lives in Ohio ...

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

They may have a ho-hum name, but the wood duck can easily be described as the dandy of the duck world. Nature went all out when it created this multicolored perching duck, complete with bright red ...

With its swanky pompadour and rainbow-hued plumage, the wood duck looks like it’s part peacock, part Elvis impersonator. But you won’t catch this Michigan native flashing its feathers in a tropical ...

They look as if a wood carver with an unexpired creative license created them in a fit of imagination. The male’s green crest sweeps back over its head like an emerald green helmet with white piping.

With duck season open in Maryland this week, the waterfowlers amongst us are certainly hoping for as many mornings afield as they can fit in their schedule. The prize this week, as every October, are ...

On a recent kayaking adventure into the McCarthy Wildlife Management Area, I scared up a few wood ducks that made their signature screeching calls as they flew up ahead of me. It momentarily reminded ...

In January a hard freeze sent a wide variety of ducks to a small patch of open water at Salem Lake. Eleven species spent several days vying for space as frigid temperatures kept closing the ice in on ...

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, ...