The Canada goose is not one of my favorite birds. The resident population has exploded and they seem to be everywhere. I’m not sure they’ve taken over another bird’s niche so in that respect they, ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow waters. Across the United States, birds display incredible adaptations that ...

Learn how to assist your Pekin duck in creating a cozy nest to successfully incubate and brood their eggs. This video will guide you through the essential steps, from nest preparation to ensuring ...

Uh oh! Mama is fuming! The female Black-Bellied Whistling Duck wanted a little privacy with her babies and she wasn’t afraid to show it. That’s what one man realized when he opened up his “duck box” ...

Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...

Fall is the season when cavity nesting ducks such as wood ducks and hooded mergansers mark potential spring nesting sites. For folks who love waterfowl and are willing to put in the time, money and ...

Fall is the season when cavity nesting ducks such as wood ducks and hooded mergansers mark potential spring nesting sites. For folks who love waterfowl and are willing to put in the time, money and ...

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 ...

Few people pay much attention to woodpeckers. Either they are just things that live out there, or they are homewreckers. Even among birders and birdwatchers, woodpeckers do not rank very high on the ...

It was an odd place for a hummingbird nest, but there it was. I typically think about such nests being ghosts, because this was the first (and only) one I had ever seen. They are so small and so well ...

Wood ducks nest seasonally in forested areas across North America from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern tier of states. From southern British Columbia, a narrow strip of breeding ...