Big, hardy, and adaptable: the mallard duck is found all throughout the Western Hemisphere. Despite its international range, you can call the mallard America’s duck. Of all duck species, the ...

This duck usually takes on the smaller profile of a teal (though this particular bird looks to be the size of a mallard) with other recognizable mallard characteristics in the coloring. Many ...

These birds hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Learn more about the black-billed magpie.

A hunter who shot an all-white duck in December received the DNA testing results this month and learned he had killed a leucistic American black duck.

The tops of the wings of the spot-billed duck are whitish, and the flight feathers are black. The male has a red spot on the underside of the bill.

Duck hunter Mike Wec thought he had possibly shot a game-farm mallard hybrid in Massachusetts last season. Now, genetic testing has revealed it was a 100 percent leucistic American Black Duck.

Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester: American Black Duck, Mallard, Common Eider, Black Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull, Great ...

Grab your binoculars and take a 'quack' at correctly identifying two commonly confused ducks: the redhead vs canvasback.

The Make Way for Ducklings bronze statues in the Boston Public Garden, featuring Mrs. Mallard and her eight offspring, have been part of an increasing number of ...

Mrs. Mallard, the first duck of the “Make Way for Ducklings” statue located in the Boston Public Garden, can be seen wearing a knitted sweater with BLM written across the front.

Plum Island: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter ...