As summer begins to fade the group of ducks known as the dabblers go into hiding. The bright, colorful feathers of the male mallards fade and fall away, leaving them in a dress as dull and dim as that ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- With an estimated 11 million mallards in North America, this most common of ducks — an ancestor, in fact, of most domesticated ducks — is a species almost everyone knows. Sadly, the ...

Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...

This is probably the best photo of a male mallard that I have ever taken. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON The first week of March came with a roller coaster of emotions. Saturday, March 1 was ...

Early on a cool recent morning, dozens of ducks milled about the pond at Irvine Regional Park in Orange. Most were mallards or wood ducks, there were a few coots and a variety of others. Bobbing in ...

Ducks are arguably some of the most beautiful and colorful birds. Many people consider the world of birding mysterious, but everyone knows how to recognize a duck. Ducks are divided into two ...

Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...