ducks

Everyone knows what a male Mallard looks like. The drake of this extremely common, sexually dimorphic species (Anas platyrhynchos) cuts a…

I spent a few hours in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge blind #1 last weekend and filmed the following video…

As a birder, this 72 minute documentary film about the Duck Stamp Contest didn’t accomplish what I was hoping it…

I just got back from a flying visit to Melbourne, Australia’s second city and an exciting place to visit and…

Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia: An Identification Guide by Sébastien Reeber is an exhaustively comprehensive reference book that…

I admit that sometimes I am pretty negative about ducks. They’re a bit creepy. I mean, I’ve had occasion to…

I have tried for what seems to be a long time to get a decent photo of a Eurasian Wigeon (Anas…

It’s the time of the year when I have better things to be doing than writing this and undoubtedly most…

The Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) is not that common in California except along the coast, so I was pretty excited to…

Seriously? Just look at this drake. Pretty dapper wouldn’t you say? Pete Dunne calls the Gadwall (Anas strepera) the “Dapper Gray…