A duck — and her ducklings — find an unlikely home in downtown D.C.
He spotted the springtime surprise unfolding at a busy city intersection about a block from the White House: In a planter, a ...
LAist on MSN11h
One of Jackie and Shadow’s chicks has died. Volunteers tell fans: 'Grieve and feel whatever you feel'
Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that manages the popular YouTube livestream of the nest, confirmed the news Saturday.
The Idaho Press7d
Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird conservation project
The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any ...
At Gray Lodge, wood duck nesting season brings call for volunteers
Time is ticking to register, but there’s a nesting season outdoor volunteer opportunity for community members. Gray Lodge ...
Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows
A new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years.
Irish Examiner11d
Richard Collins: Nesting eider ducks will pay farmers 'rent'
The eider, twice as heavy as a mallard, is Europe’s biggest duck. On leaving the nest, the female covers her eggs in down ...
JSTOR Daily1y
Visual and olfactory concealment of duck nests: influence on nest site selection and success
The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Human-Wildlife Interactions Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2016 Visual and olfactory concealment of duck... Abstract: Selecting a nest site is an important ...
Business Insider4y
Why Icelandic eiderdown harvested from wild ducks is so expensive
Erla Friðriksdóttir: The eiderdown is a natural product, and when the eider duck leaves the nest, they leave the down, and so if we would not take the down, it would just blow away and be useless.
South Dakota News Watch24y
Does South Dakota track whether its nest predator bounty program improves pheasant numbers?
A fact brief on the nest predator bounty program, whose goal is to protect pheasant and duck nests by paying residents for ...
Idaho State Journal7d
Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird conservation project
The wood duck is one of seven species of North American ducks that regularly nest in natural cavities. The others are the hooded and common mergansers, common and Barrow’s goldeneyes ...