The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a ...

One day after birth, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap ... then springing it back up. The mother calls her baby over but otherwise hangs back. More of her young take the leap ...

While driving across Sugar Creek, I slowed down to look downstream and saw a pair of wood ducks on the water. I pulled the vehicle to the side of the road, grabbed my binoculars and crept back to get ...