These lovers come from different sides of the quacks. An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found love with a female ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...

One of North America’s most beautiful birds is the wood duck. The male, with its exotic coloring and looking as if it just flew out of an ancient Japanese silk screen, is a duck of unparalleled beauty ...

I spent a lot of years chasing poachers and outlaws during my career as a duck cop. And during that time I developed a gigantic love for all waterfowl. I was a pushover for the Canada goose, ...

Wouldn’t you know it? For nearly three years I have been driving around town, trying to get a new photo of a wood duck. The plumage of the males, or drakes, of this species is so flamboyant that their ...

I remember as a kid heading toward a forest pond near my grandfather's farm. A toy duck decorated in a fresh coat of paint glimmered like a rainbow. I wanted to grab the toy, but it leaped off the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Back in Audubon’s time (1750s to 1850s), the gorgeous wood duck was abundant all across eastern North America. By the end of the 1800s, populations of this species declined seriously ...

If I had the opportunity to create a bird species, I’m not sure how I would proceed. Would it be a giant like an ostrich, a strong and capable predator like a bald eagle, or would I opt for beauty?