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Three yellow and brown canvasback ducklings float in a tub.

May 29, 2025

Hello, Ducklings! Zoo Welcomes Six Canvasback Babies

The tiny ducklings are currently living behind the scenes at the Bird House.

August 20, 2024

Make Way for Ducklings and Chicks

On the wings of last year’s award-winning baby boom, our Bird House team recently welcomed 27 chicks among seven duck and songbird species! Meet them in this update.

Two gadwalls and a canvasback paddle near each other in the small pool at the Bird House's Prairie Pothole aviary.

March 25, 2024

Ducks of Our Lives: Waterfowl Mating Season at the Zoo Makes for Great Drama

Breeding season at the Bird House can create some spectacular behavior among the Zoo’s raucous flock of ducks.

Two ducks bob along the water's surface at the Prairie Pothole aviary at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's Bird House exhibit.

March 01, 2023

6 Fascinating Facts About the National Zoo’s New Bird Exhibit

If you haven’t yet heard—or perhaps a little bird told you already—the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Bird House exhibit has once again opened its doors to the public as of March 2023.