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Of all the pretty birds and waterfowl to see, the wood duck is the champion of this beauty pageant.
Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack. Instead, their call sounds more like a squeak; when they simultaneously make their call and fly, it sounds ...
About 24 hours after hatching, all the wood duck ducklings will jump out of the nest to join their mother. Questions about this spectacle and other reader birding questions answered.
Chicago outdoors: Chicago wood duck taking flight, boat-tailed grackle, morel season recap A photo of a wood duck drake taking flight in Chicago, fun facts while going down a rabbit hole on boat ...
Because wood ducks nest in cavities, they take readily to nest boxes. The construction and placement of boxes for this species is a traditional conservation project across the country.
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) – Another big eighth inning helped the Down East Wood Ducks pull even with the Lynchburg Hillcats before winning it in the 10th inning in a 6-5 victory on Sunday at Grainger ...
The world's largest rubber duck will be displayed August 1-3 near the airport, bringing its crowd-drawing appeal to the Lake Erie island.
On this date in aviation history-April 24, 1933-we mark the 92nd anniversary of the first flight of the Grumman JF Duck. Designed as an amphibious utility aircraft, the JF Duck was ordered by the ...
A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Missoula on Feb. 18 against a road-building and commercial logging project on public land in the Helena-Lewis and Clark ...
Georgia Department of Natural Resources is using wood boxes to help ducks nest including in Central Georgia.
Vivian Bashar's oil painting of a male wood duck placed 14th in the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program and Art Contest.