The male defends the nest until incubation is well along the way, then it wanders off and eventually leaves the hen with the young. As with all waterfowl, American black ducks molt in the summer ...

I look forward to seeing black ducks on the spring-fed pond beside the Fresh Walter Institute on Turner Road. Sometimes they ...

The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a bright-white “bridle” and boldly colored feathers on its body and ...