That second bird was a banded drake black duck, which was on the left side of ... I showed him the bird and told him the story," says Figlia. “He just started laughing.” Those were the only ...

The black duck is often mistaken for a hen mallard on ... Birds taken on the coast, though, can be a different story. If they have been living on crustaceans and other small marine animals ...

Almost as foggy as Narragansett Bay fortnight ago when Coast Guard launch 290 sprayed the Black Duck with machine gun fire, killing three of her four occupants, were the facts of this latest ...