This unique diving duck has a small body and a relatively large head. The males are colorful and vibrant, with iridescent heads that appear black, purple, or green depending on the light. Buffleheads ...

"The Buffleheads are being difficult!" David Barrett, who runs the Manhattan Bird Alert Twitter, told me earlier this week as he tried to capture the newly arrived ducks in Central Park. They were ...

This week’s highlighted species in our Blue Water Nature Series, is the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola, a beautiful duck that is common locally during winter months. I’ve heard people incorrectly ...

Waterfowl are and have been, at least among those who hunt them, been categorized into either the dabbling duck clan or the diving ducks based for the most part on how they feed . Dabbling ducks ...

DEAR JOAN: I was visiting some friends who live near a golf course. I noticed some very odd little ducks on the golf course lake and am wondering if you can tell me what they were. There were quite a ...

As winter relinquishes its grasp on Eastern Iowa, we will soon see our lakes and rivers open to a plethora of colorful ducks. As many as 24 regular duck species will potentially dabble in shallow ...

If you listen to some waterfowlers, you might get the idea that mallards are the only ducks found in Arkansas. There’s no disputing the fact that these beautiful birds, which winter by the millions in ...