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 ...

A driver on Interstate 694 in Little Canada this week saw five baby wood ducks stuck in a storm drain on the side of the freeway and knew they needed help. For that motorist, who posted about the ...

At least eight baby wood ducks were saved from a storm drain near 7th Street and 15th Avenue in East Moline and reunited with their mother Monday afternoon after they were found by a Quad City ...

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.

The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a bright-white “bridle” and boldly colored feathers on its body and wings. A ...

Q: I snapped a photo of a female hooded merganser leading her ducklings in the water. But here’s the strange part: They weren’t all the same species as their mother — some were wood ducks, some were ...

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter Farms is currently caring for Maybelline, a wood duck surrendered by a family who kept her as a pet. Maybelline's case highlights the harm in keeping wild animals ...

When it comes to cute and cuddly-looking animals, baby ducks are often at the top of the list. That's because most of these birds start off with soft and delicate-looking down feathers, giving them a ...

A trail camera captured wood duck ducklings “raining” down onto the forest floor in Minnesota. Screengrab from video shared by Minnesota Fish & Wildlife. A trail camera in the Minnesota woods captured ...

Here's an interesting display of passive survival techniques from a wood duck and family with ducklings where the drake plays ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — For more than two decades the baby duck slide has been synonymous with the Appalachian Fair. People wait for hours at the Barnyard Nursery to watch hundreds of ducklings go down ...