One of my least favorite components of bird names is the word “common,” because in some locations that species may indeed be uncommon, or even absent. However, for the duck known as the common ...

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CENTRAL PARK -- The New York City Parks Department is working to save a rare duck spotted in Central Park gagging on a piece of plastic. Bird watchers were excited to see the duck, known as the common ...

Park Rangers are on the search for a female Common Merganser that has been in Central Park since at least mid-February and has plastic in its beak and around its neck. "I saw the duck while I was ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A search and rescue mission is underway in Central Park for a duck in danger. A large duck, known as a common merganser, was photographed with a plastic ring around its neck ...

In my last column, I posed a question that went something like this, “when is a duck not a duck.” The answer is when it is a merganser. Then I wrote about the common merganser, which is a member of ...

A wild red-breasted merganser found in Milwaukee County tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The bird was one of 21 birds taken in by the Wisconsin Humane Society's Wildlife ...

CENTRAL PARK -- The New York City Parks Department is working to save a rare duck spotted in Central Park gagging on a piece of plastic. Bird watchers were excited to see the duck, known as the common ...