These feathers have been identified by Dr. H. Deignan, Nov. 1954. The wide outer borders: black & deep brown outer feathers of one of the maritime scoters: Oidemia nigra, Melanitta fusca, or Mel.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A mallard duck is featured on the newest U.S. Postal Service stamped card, available today. The card features a drake in his breeding plumage. The stamp ...

Generally speaking, the canvasback’s white back and wing feathers set it apart from the redhead, ... Next, learn everything ...

Mallard/gadwall hybrids are perhaps the most common hybrid among North America's wild ducks. While far from common, they are common enough that, for a brief time, they were thought by some to be a ...

In mid-October, fine dining trendsetter Noma transitioned to its game menu, serving a fried mallard wing with the feathers still on and ever since looking at it, I’m now noticing high-end ...

If you ever sit in an airplane row overlooking a wing, then you probably notice multiple flaps along its edges that adjust during takeoffs and landings. Much like bird feathers, these components ...

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A Wingstop customer says the wing chain “played in [her] face” after her $45 worth of wings appeared to contain something called “filaments.” Filaments are part of a chicken’s feather ...

At the recent Coleman hatchery wing bee, biologists set up at large portable tables under sunny skies. Boxes of envelopes containing the wings and feathers sat at the end of each table.

A photograph of a mallard male has sat on my desk waiting for my thoughts and observations . . . apparently for a few years. The iridescence on his head is obvious in the picture, what I felt made him ...