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 ...

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 ...

Even among merganser ducks known for their wild “hairdos,” the hooded merganser’s style stands out. This eye-catching diving duck is instantly identifiable from its large-looking head, which, on males ...