You've no doubt heard the saying "it takes a village to raise a child." I know from personal experience how powerful a supportive community can be to human development. The concept also applies to ...

Leap Day is recognized Feb. 29 about every four years to keep human schedules and solar movements in sync. But leap days occur annually throughout May in Wisconsin thanks to an army of conservation ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...

I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a friend’s ranch. Well, you know how that went, one became four and then eight on three different lakes. I was replacing some boxes that had ...

Roger Strand grew up as an avid duck hunter, but now it's April in place of October that is his favorite month of the year. He's been maintaining nesting boxes for wood ducks beginning with his first ...

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...

PINE GROVE – It’s no contest – the wood duck is Pennsylvania’s most brilliantly colored duck, with deep chestnut toned breast feathers, a vibrant yellow-orange beak and eye rings and its sleek ...