A male ruddy duck in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Adam Grimm, USFWS) Every spring, millions of ducks touch down on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a spread of muskeg and ...

The number is a surprise, though it’s also not completely unexpected – not unexpected because North Dakota is at the heart of the ruddy duck’s breeding range, but surprising because last ...

The ducks’ downfall has been their fondness for breeding with an endangered Spanish species, the white-headed duck. Twenty years ago, British ruddies began arriving in northern Spain, where they ...

BIRD-LOVERS have hit out at Government steps to cull the ruddy duck population in the region ... But a Defra spokeswoman said: "The Government and a range of conservation organisations believe ...

Ruddy duck courtship must be seen to be believed. First the male — a handsome bird with deep chestnut plumage and snow-white cheeks — raises his tail at right angles to his body.

The ruddy duck was admitted to the Wildlife Center on Jan. 17 by an animal control officer, who found the male duck injured along a Richmond road.