GRAND FORKS – In last week’s Northland Outdoors, dated Saturday, July 16, Doug Leier of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported that the “index” for ruddy duck numbers is up 157% over last ...

January saw two new admissions to the Wildlife Center for care, with both duck species being non-native to Virginia: the ruddy duck and the lesser scaup. Both of these duck species are migratory. They ...

Two oil-covered birds rescued from the Orange County coastline in the days after an off-shore pipeline leak were released back into the wild Wednesday in Huntington Beach. The ruddy duck and eared ...

Yet another type of duck that can be found in the region are considered stiff-tailed ducks. “The only species of this type of duck I believe we get in this region is the ruddy duck. They are little ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota’s fall flight of ducks is expected to be similar to 1998, 2004 and 2020, the Game and Fish Department said Wednesday, Aug. 23. If those past seasons don’t ring a bell, the fall ...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City is mourning the loss of two longtime residents. Pippin, the 20-year-old North American Ruddy Duck and Mork, the 52-year-old Indian ...

Winter is the season for watching ducks. In spring, the great majority of our ducks will head to their nesting grounds to the north, leaving mallards as our only common and widespread breeding species ...