The Jan. 17-18 event offers families, friends and newcomers a chance to give fishing a try or to introduce another to the ...

Keeping ducks is rewarding, but one of the first challenges new keepers face is providing safe and comfortable housing for them. Ducks aren’t like chickens; they have different needs for space, ...

Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...

The Rocky River Nature Center, 24000 Valley Parkway in North Olmsted, recently added an oversized sculpture of a male wood duck to its natural play space. The sculpture was built by the park’s ...

These lovers come from different sides of the quacks. An off-Broadway version of “West Side Story” has been playing out in Central Park this spring, as a male wood duck has found love with a female ...

Wood ducks and a handful of other species of waterfowl are cavity nesters. Buffleheads, common goldeneyes, common mergansers and hooded mergansers are other duck species that nest in tree cavities, ...

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...

News Photo by Kayla Wikaryasz Kyle Greer, chairman of the Sunrise Side Chapter of Delta Waterfowl (Delta), is seen in his boat preparing to install a wood duck nesting box. Volunteers installed 12 hen ...

McLean Nature Preserve will host a Wood Duck program at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at McLean Nature Preserve, 2199 N. Flajole Road in Rhodes, about a quarter mile north of Erickson Road in ...

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

If I had the opportunity to create a bird species, I’m not sure how I would proceed. Would it be a giant like an ostrich, a strong and capable predator like a bald eagle, or would I opt for beauty?

It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in March, and around the grounds of the Key Cities Conservation Club adjacent to Gilfillan Lake Wildlife Management area near Madison Lake there is the usual amount of ...