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How to Identify a Wood Duck
The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a ...
Unfortunately for me, I didn't know Duckman well. The first time we met was at a gathering of the Wood Duck Society. I had purchased from Duckman a handful of special washers he designed to ease ...
The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out ...
And during those travels there was one species that always caught my attention: The beautiful wood duck. If you have never seen a male wood duck, you are missing one of God’s most beautiful ...
The concept also applies to other lifeforms, even organizations and projects. Take the wood duck, the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association, the Society for Typmanuchus Cupido Pinnatus, the Natural ...
With its swanky pompadour and rainbow-hued plumage, the wood duck looks like it’s part peacock, part Elvis impersonator. But you won’t catch this Michigan native flashing its feathers in a ...
But living and hunting in the northern half of the Mississippi Flyway, my favorite waterfowl species is the odd and gorgeous little wood duck. They are fast and challenging targets, when they decide ...
Yet the wood duck's remarkable recovery offers hope. "The successful comeback of the wood duck can serve as a model for the recovery of other North American bird species," the American Bird ...