I’m convinced, Hooded Mergansers are simply Wood Ducks that have been corrupted by the Dark Side. Similar in size and sharing a proclivity for nesting in tree cavities, the bill of the hoodie shrivels ...

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 ...

The best advice to find hooded mergansers used to be, get yourself to a pond in the woods. This season, you can just as well look in one of the Grand Forks retention ponds, part of the flood control ...

One of the most enjoyable and gratifying aspects of being a naturalist is the opportunity I have to help different people understand the world a little better. On March 9 I received an email from Mary ...

It is just a short walk from the small house that I use for an office to reach the pond that we call the Swamp House pond. In summer, there are often wetland birds such as green herons in silent ...

The hooded merganser is a specialty of J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge. It nests elsewhere in North Dakota, including the Turtle Mountains and Devils Lake, and it occurs along the Red River ...

SOUTH NEWFANE Early April is the prime time for viewing waterfowl. The ducks are on their way north to their breeding grounds. They pause along our rivers to rest, roost, and feed. Their numbers are ...

During a recent winter storm, we took a short drive along the Henry’s Fork at Mack’s Inn in Island Park. We could see lots of birds from the highway and wanted to see what we could add to Cathy’s ...

When most people think of ducks, they probably think of birds that quack and live on water. Well, most ducks don’t quack and some nest in trees! Let’s take a close look at two of our local tree ducks, ...