Feeding ducks at the park? First, do no harm.
What should you do if you see ducks getting tossed bread scraps at your local picnic spot?
A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Ducks
Whether they’re a welcome wild visitor or a fine flock kept for eggs and breeding, ducks are a pleasant addition to any backyard, lifestyle block or farm. For feeding backyard ducks, a good supplementary feed really is all it’s quacked up to be.
Duck duck, go! Our five favourite fictional ducks
In fiction and film, mice are often clever and resourceful characters, and dogs are funny and loyal. Ducks, however, have often been presented by writers as grumpy and petulant. Here are some of our favourites…
A warning from history
In 1910 one story caught the imagination of the United States – a tale of an Iowa man who lost sight in one eye after his prize-winning duck exploded. As we enter a summer of duck feeding it serves as precautionary tale for New Zealand.
Our world of nature: Wriggly worms, ducks diving and cock-a-hoop celebrities?
Micro forests, a body surfing companion duck and Steven Adams' worm farm: we've gathered together the top stories that nature gifted us in 2021. Here are the big stories from the Topflite news desk in all their sensational, natural glory...
Adventure is out there!
When you’re young the school holidays can seem to stretch out forever – for better and for worse. It’s true too for parents, with the kids sometimes needing an inspiring journey to alleviate boredom. Make sure they’re a ‘box of birds’ with a quest out into one of New Zealand’s many, many incredible wildlife adventures.
Learning to love the whio
Despite sharing the $10 note with the illustrious Kate Sheppard, few people recognise this unique duck as one of our own. Endemic to New Zealand, the whio is one of only four duck species in the world that live in fast-flowing water.