BRAINERD — In 1822 famous ornithologist John James Audubon shot a duck he could not identify. "In form and proportions this bird is very nearly allied to the Mallard," wrote Audubon of the odd duck.

Waterfowl are and have been, at least among those who hunt them, been categorized into either the dabbling duck clan or the diving ducks based for the most part on how they feed. Dabbling ducks obtain ...

Davis birder Karen Velas spotted a hybrid gadwall/northern shoveler duck in the Yolo Bypass recently. A longtime birder, Velas worked for Audubon California for many years and remains involved in the ...

As the expression goes, "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it probably is a duck." More common throughout the year in southeast Tennessee, the dabbler duck feeds by skimming the ...

This story has been corrected, and earlier version had the bird in a different location. Wildlife photographer Jim Arterburn happened on an interesting hybrid duck while taking photographs at a ...

Imagine this: You see a medium-sized, black-and-white waterfowl with a white crescent on its face, bobbing on the surface of Heart Lake (on the Flat Tops). Suddenly, it dives. What species of ...

First the white-tailed deer. Then the Canada goose. Now comes the latest case of suburban ecosystems run afoul: mutant ducks. In Columbia, officials want to trap ducks to weed out the domestic white ...

Duck hunters prepared for the elements are having some excellent diver and sea duck action off both shores of Green Bay, as well as on the bay and lake sides of the Door County Peninsula. Farmland ...