One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

I grew up in northeast Ohio in the 1970s, which meant, as a duck hunter , I grew up hearing duck sounds from mallards and black ducks, both of which quack. My father and I didn’t attempt to call wood ...

In this photo a female wood duck, called a hen, swims ahead of a male wood duck, called a drake. The drake is one of North America's most colorful birds. The range of colors on his head alone is quite ...