The black duck is often mistaken for a hen mallard on the wing. But a closer side-by-side comparison will quickly reveal the black duck’s much darker chocolate-brown feathers. It is also one of ...

I look forward to seeing black ducks on the spring-fed pond beside the Fresh Walter Institute on Turner Road. Sometimes they ...

white and black, a bright-white “bridle” and boldly colored feathers on its body and wings. A female wood duck is an overall gray with some blue and purple wing markings, a white eye ring ...