Bufflehead are one of our most amusing ducks. The simple black-and-white plumage of the male Bucephela albeola might appear bland...
A recent visit to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond was rewarding in both number and variety of waterfowl,...
The Redhead is one of the sexier of our ducks, if searches on Google for “sexy redhead” are any...
The Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America. When this native...
We here at 10,000 Birds believe that every bird is beautiful and, moreover, that every part of every bird...
Mallards can be dirty ducks. Very, very, dirty ducks. And while ducks in general are known for their hybridizing...
Years ago, Charlie Moores coined the colorful term “manky mallard” to describe the motley menagerie of feral and domestic mallards...
Winter at Point Lookout, the easternmost point of land on the south shore of Long Island, New York, before...
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