Every late afternoon, a bunch of mallards is in the habit of coming to snack on fallen birdseed that accumulates on my ice-covered pond. And sometimes a few of them check out the seed deposit at other ...

No wonder they are called ‘Killers of the Woods.’ Other nicknames are just as descriptive: big blue darter, flying cross, striker, swift hawk and chicken, hen or quail hawk (take your pick). The brown ...