With Whitmer’s signature on Thursday, the wood duck has been designated the official duck of the state of Michigan.

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

Michigan has a new state symbol. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday, March 26 that designates the wood duck as ...

When most people think of ducks, they probably think of birds that quack and live on water. Well, most ducks don’t quack and ...

All diehard duck hunters have their favorite species, and they’ll usually rank them something like this: greenheads, canvasbacks, and pintails. But living and hunting in the northern half of the ...

On May 30, as I was driving down La Crosse Street, I happened to notice a mother wood duck leading one lone duckling across the street. She was heading toward the marsh. She made it across, only to be ...

My job was finding ducks for the youth weekend, and I’d struck out all day until my last stop—a shallow wetland with a thick clump of willows in the middle. It didn’t seem like a wood duck spot to me, ...