In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

The Wood Duck is considered by many to be the most beautiful duck in North America. The male in its beautiful, iridescent plumage is one of the most fascinating birds around. While less showy, the ...

You still have time to erect nesting boxes for wood ducks to help the returning waterfowl. Early March is a good time to put up one or more wood duck nesting boxes in a yard or area, even if the spot ...

Wood ducks are a common sight on Louisiana waterways during winter and spring; however, they were not always so common. According to The TECHE Project in the early 1900s, the wood duck population was ...

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...

Roger Strand grew up as an avid duck hunter, but now it's April in place of October that is his favorite month of the year. He's been maintaining nesting boxes for wood ducks beginning with his first ...

PINE GROVE – It’s no contest – the wood duck is Pennsylvania’s most brilliantly colored duck, with deep chestnut toned breast feathers, a vibrant yellow-orange beak and eye rings and its sleek ...

HORICON - On the surface, wood duck houses don't look like typical gift boxes. They're just a few pieces of wood cobbled together to form a rectangular structure, including a roof and a baseball-sized ...

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...

One of the few waterfowl species to reproduce in the Palmetto State is arguably among the most beautiful in the world. Wood ducks — aka “Carolina duck,” “Summer duck” or “woodies” — are a masterpiece ...

The wood duck is Pennsylvania’s most brilliantly colored duck, with deep chestnut-toned breast feathers, a vibrant yellow-orange beak and eye rings, and its sleek iridescent head crest colored with ...