When you’re done differentiating redhead vs canvasback, learn what a wood duck looks like. The redhead’s red head feathers remain their most striking feature to a birder. When placed in ...

A new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years.

By far the most common duck on this day was the canvasback. Perhaps 2-3,000 were in the vicinity. While “cans” also eat fish, a staple of the diet is wild celery, an aquatic plant ...