Grab your binoculars and take a 'quack' at correctly identifying two commonly confused ducks: the redhead vs canvasback.

The Canvasback is one of the largest diving ducks. Its wedge-shaped forehead is unique to North American ducks. The stout neck is longer than other diving ducks and its head is held erectly.

The story appears in the dramatic section of the Sunday paper that Melinda Mulch, star of the Stupidities of 1923, keeps a canvasback duck in her dressing-room. One day the duck snaps at the ...

According to a recent press release by the Nevada Division of Wildlife, the canvasback duck has been chosen as the designated subject for the 2000 Nevada State Duck Stamp Art Contest.

Maryland has a state bird, fish, reptile, fossil shell and dinosaur. Now state Sen. Robert Cassilly is looking to add a duck to the list.

Canvasback ducks have a longstanding history in the state of Maryland, according to Chris Sebastian, a public affairs coordinator for Ducks Unlimited.

A bright afternoon sun reflected off the water as I motored across a shallow slough toward a weed-choked point along the Mississippi river bottom. Small flocks of ringneck ducks passed overhead ...

The canvasback duck – a once-abundant bird prized for its majestic looks as well as its delicious meat – has become rarer in Maryland, according to a new state study. Department of Natu… ...

CLINT BREAKS a long silence in the blind. “I read in some waterfowling magazine that this is a bucket list hunt,” he says. “Canvasbacks on Pool 9 is one of the top five hunts to do before ...

CASHTON — Along with Santas and snowmen, there will be a lagoon full of waterfowl hanging out at Holiday Fair at the La Crosse Center this year. The canvasback ducks, loons and swans are ...

Louisville-area resident Sean Johnson's painting of two canvasback ducks won a first-place prize in state wildlife contest.