The first time you spot a hooded merganser you might think “that’s a strange-looking duck! All three of our mergansers are viewed as rather odd-looking diving ducks since their bills ...

An interspecies pair of Wood and Mallard ducks are finding love in Central Park, according to David Barrett of the Manhattan Bird Alert.

The male wood duck is one of the most spectacularly-colored ducks in Minnesota, making their resurgence a gift to Minnesota’s nature lovers. A lying drake hooded merganser.

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

Hooded mergansers are also cavity nesters like wood ducks so old cottonwood and aspen trees near water is necessary for nesting.

Because wood ducks nest in cavities, they take readily to nest boxes. The construction and placement of boxes for this species is a traditional conservation project across the country.

The work, referred to as The Wood Duck Project, is in the Big Belt Mountains east of Townsend within Meagher and Broadwater counties.

A red tailed hawk, great horned owl and hooded merganser ducks are among the birds felled by the virus, officials confirmed.

If not listed, up to 6 ducks of a species (including teal) may be taken. The coot daily bag limit is 15, while the merganser daily bag limit is 5, which may include no more than 2 hooded mergansers.

A visit to a Wisconsin aviary inspired Adam Grimm of Wallace, South Dakota to paint a spectacled eider, the winner in the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Contest.