The sound spoke as clearly as the sight that almost immediately followed. It was a low rumble behind us that in a heartbeat became a tearing roar as the birds passed maybe 20 yards overhead, braking ...

Canvasbacks take center stage for hunters, conservationists and stamp collectors with the new Federal Duck Stamp, which went on sale last week. The 2014-2015 stamp features a pair of canvasbacks ...

BROWNSVILLE — Mississippi River backwaters are icing over, which means the canvasback ducks and tundra swans will soon be out of here. Their presence this year, however, told a story of a recovering ...

For the past few weeks I’ve been watching redhead ducks on a pond near my house. Then I read your column about some other ducks called “canvasbacks,” which also have red heads and now I’m confused.

As a young duck hunter I heard the stories from my grandfather, tales of the canvasbacks that used to be. Days when flock after flock would roll up the Little Choptank, when he wouldn’t even put out ...

Then, flocks of scaup, buffleheads and canvasbacks began scooting back and forth across the water, paralleling the shoreline, out in front of us. We called and called, but most birds ignored us until ...

To the waterfowl enthusiast, the canvasback duck channels a swagger reminiscent of Elvis Presley, and not just because people in the music world called him “the king.” Challenging on the wing, widely ...

24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.) ...