When you think “duck,” the duck that probably comes to mind (besides Donald Duck) is the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Mallards are the quintessential duck. They quack like a duck should. They have a ...

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 ...

It's called waterfowl identification, and those experts haunting the wetlands on a regular basis can inform a marsh neophyte what kind of ducks are overhead with a single glance. With so many ...

No matter how good you think you are at identifying ducks, it’s easy to get confused, especially in the dim light of dawn or dusk. “Even the most experienced waterfowl hunter, on any given day, might ...

No matter how good you think you are at identifying ducks, it's easy to get confused, especially in the dim light of dawn or dusk. "Even the most experienced waterfowl hunter, on any given day, might ...

The mallard is the No. 1 duck in Minnesota waterfowlers' bags because of its statewide prevalence. Its large size and the drake's florid coloring contribute to its trophy status among many ...