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 ...

Mallard ducks are so common in Britain it is easy to overlook how beautiful the male is with his iridescent green and blue feathers. These, recorded on Exhibition Park lake, were already pairing up in ...