The whistling sound of beating wings moves through the forest as a common goldeneye duck lands in a nest box mounted to the side of a tree near the Moose Creek Dam in North Pole, Alaska. Focused on ...

Alena Naiden, [email protected] Jun 20, 2021 Jun 20, 2021 On a hot Wednesday morning, a group enters the sunlit grove searching for birds. Tucked away amid the dense layer of trees, wooden boxes ...

Sometimes we birders may count 100 or so common goldeneyes in with some mallards wintering at open water areas such as below the Coon Rapids Dam or other open spots on the Mississippi River.

Female goldeneye ducks can make cheating pay big-time, doubling the number of their offspring by sneaking off to lay eggs in nests other than their own. Bird-watchers have long known that many female ...