The huge problems facing humans (global warming, prejudice, terrorists, corporate power, the price of fresh vegetables) can be so overwhelming that they immobilize us into inaction. So it’s always ...

"The Buffleheads are being difficult!" David Barrett, who runs the Manhattan Bird Alert Twitter, told me earlier this week as he tried to capture the newly arrived ducks in Central Park. They were ...

Winter Pond and its little alcove are more appropriately named than one might think. I recently discovered flocks of migrating waterfowl making Winter Pond their temporary home. The bufflehead is one ...

This unique diving duck has a small body and a relatively large head. The males are colorful and vibrant, with iridescent heads that appear black, purple, or green depending on the light. Buffleheads ...

Bufflehead ducks arrived in their local saltwater winter habitat on Saturday, giving Sidney biologist Kerry Finley a small reason to relax. Finley said a solitary male arrived at the local sanctuary ...

The Bufflehead was recently selected by the Nevada Waterfowl Association (NWA) to be this year’s species for the Nevada duck stamp art contest. The winning art of the contest, sanctioned by the Nevada ...

While most of us were focused on Fairport Harbor to the south, Jerry Talkington was casually scanning the lake to the north, where he picked up a passing long-tailed duck, aka oldsquaw. Awaiting us to ...