If you live in our area along the Texas coast, you might have been lucky enough to see a black-bellied whistling duck or maybe whole swarms of them. These ducks don’t behave like any other duck we see ...

Readers have recently asked about a flock of handsome ducklike birds hanging out in their driveways or backyards. The birds are black-bellied whistling ducks with eye-catching color contrasts. Their ...

Spring is a wonderful time of year. Especially right after the thick ice of winter melts off the ponds and small lakes. And just like magic, as soon as the water is open, the ducks show up. For me, ...

It’s May, and my yard is lively with a marathon of nest building. Bluebirds are stuffing nest boxes with grasses and pine needles; the phoebe has created a cradle of moss in her usual spot under my ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FAIRLAWN, Ohio — Good Samaritans helped ...