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.

The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a bright-white “bridle” and boldly colored feathers on its body and wings. A ...

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 ...