With how many species of this familiar waterfowl live in or migrate through the state, you could say Virginia is for duck lovers. From diving ducks to sea ducks to dabbling ducks, over 30 species ...

Diving ducks, on the other hand, do as their name suggests, diving from 10 to 30 feet deep as they forage for clams, mussels, crayfish, crabs, and deeply submerged vegetation.

Several thousands birds have been found dead or blackened since an oil spill three weeks ago, but no species has been hit harder than the surf scoter, a migratory sea duck that had already seen a ...