While watching hooded mergansers and mallards feeding on a canal near Rexburg on Tuesday evening, I counted 14 wood ducks flying in to join their feeding friends just before dark. The next morning, I ...

When most people think of ducks, they probably think of birds that quack and live on water. Well, most ducks don’t quack and some nest in trees! Let’s take a close look at two of our local tree ...

During a trip I made to Central Park in New York City about 10 years ago, I noticed a very tame male Wood Duck. It was acting very Mallard-like and I soon found out why. It was soon joined by a large ...

Springtime forests explode with color. As they begin to green out, trees and shrubs take on a lime glow. Early blooming flowers like trout lily, Virginia bluebell, Jack-in the-pulpit, spring beauty, ...

The Australian Wood Duck is probably our region’s most commonly observed duck in autumn, as it’s a typically dry time of year and this duck is less dependent on wetlands than other waterfowl. It’s a ...