A species of duck is able to fly at altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000 feet), researchers have discovered. The ruddy shelduck's flying is the "first evidence of extreme high-altitude flight in a ...

A state police captain, Bombardier for a while offered a 10-week evening decoy carving course. Thanks to him, I completed a ruddy duck, modeled after one by the great Lee Dudley of North Carolina ...

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — A pair of ruddy ducks will grace next year’s Federal Duck Stamp, chosen after five judges looked at 186 entries from around the country Friday and Saturday at the U.S ...

A high-flying duck species reaches altitudes of up to 6,800 meters (22,000 feet) to cross the Himalayas, ... Ruddy shelducks are known to breed north of the Himalayan mountain range, ...

The Junior Duck Stamp Program, open to grades K-12, mixes arts and science to teach youth about waterfowl conservation. For the art contest portion of the program, students are asked to create a ...

Olean, N.Y., artist Jennifer Miller's painting of a pair of ruddy ducks is the winner of the 2014 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week. Miller's ...

An orange and brown duck species similar in size to the mallard has been recorded flying at altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000 feet) to cross the Himalayas, scientists have said.

Highest known flying duck. ... Ruddy shelducks, it was found, avoid mountain peaks but regularly fly above 5,000 metres (16,500 feet) and sometimes go as high as 6,800 metres ...

A species of duck is able to fly at altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000 feet), researchers have discovered. The ruddy shelduck's flying is the "first evidence of extreme high-altitude flight ...

A high-flying duck species reaches altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000 feet) to cross the Himalayas, new research shows. Ruddy shelducks are known to breed north of the Himalayan mountain ...