Male wood ducks are as colorful as some of our songbirds, such as Baltimore orioles. Their plumage is definitely a coat of many colors. McCormac said wood-duck colors border on being gaudy: ...

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack ...

The wood duck, however, seems to be at home in town or in the country. “It’s not like the Cooper’s hawk that seems to be moving almost exclusively into town,” Ward says.

Unquestionably, the drake wood duck is the most beautiful of all waterfowl, with the female also being more colorful than the females of other species. Both are crested, multicolored ducks.

In January a hard freeze sent a wide variety of ducks to a small patch of open water at Salem Lake. Eleven species spent several days vying for space as Birds: Colorful wood duck nests in holes in ...

Local birder welcomes return of wood ducks Mon., March 12, 2012 Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minn., won the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Contest on Oct. 29, 2011, with his acrylic painting of a single ...

The colorful drakes glittered in the sun and chased brown hens. ... The wood duck nest box was hatched, and it has had an enormously positive impact on Woodie conservation.

A male wood duck. The coyote paced the shoreline and was very aware of the ducks' presence, but was unable to get any of them for a meal, Craybas said. ...

Summertime is family time for only five species of the duck family in Central Missouri — a family of some 64 species that breed in North America. ... Wood ducks at home in Missouri.

This year’s species of focus is the wood duck, Aix sponsa. The deadline for artist submissions is 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24. “It is amazing every year to see what the artists come […] ...