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Over bright and over colourful and over here It's the rare North American Wood Duck that, it seems, is not only over bright and over colourful but over here as well: ...

Each band reported by hunters is essential for detecting changes in waterfowl populations and for setting hunting regulations ...

Mandarin ducks belong to the genus Aix, alongside the American wood duck. They're both hole-nesting ducks with brightly colored males. But perhaps most surprisingly for ducks, they have claws.

The aptly named wood duck is one of a half-dozen species of North American fowl that utilize cavities for nesting. In Ohio, the common and hooded mergansers are the only other cavity-nesting ducks.

The Mandarin duck isn't native to this country; though they are related to the North American Wood duck, they are native to East Asia, said Keith Russell, program manager for urban conservation at ...

Smith: Wood duck nest box program gets new wind beneath its wings Wisconsin waterfowl organization receives grant from prairie chicken group to help produce 500 more wood duck nest boxes.

Roughly two weeks later, the bird returned. This time, the duck – not to be confused with the North American wood duck – was spotted at the boat basin on West 79th Street, near the Hudson River.

For the majority of waterfowl hunters across the country, the American black duck is a once-in-a-lifetime bird. A close cousin to the Mallard, the black duck will be forever associated with the ...

He announced last week that the two most interesting birds in the U. S. were the Canada goose and the American wood duck. U. S. critics were deeply impressed with his technical dexterity, his ...

Roughly two weeks later, the bird returned. This time, the duck – not to be confused with the North American wood duck – was spotted at the boat basin on West 79th Street, near the Hudson River.