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: ...

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.

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 ...

A male wood duck is the most colorful of all North American waterfowl. Even the wood duck's bill is arrayed with red, yellow, white and black. (The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Critters This Texas Couple Helps Hatch Hundreds of Baby Wood Ducks Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species.

But while those colorful feathers may help the wood duck hide out among Michigan’s waterways, at the turn of the 20th century they played a key role in endangering this royal-looking waterfowl.

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 ...

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.

Teal duck hunting season is underway in Florida and Georgia, and in Florida, gunners also are trying for locally-raised wood ducks. In Florida, teal and wood ducks can be taken through Sept. 21 (li… ...