"Dart," the Muscovy duck who wandered around the streets near downtown Fort Myers with a blow dart stuck through her head since Thanksgiving, died Sunday. She was run over near Hough Street.

Bigger than mallards and unusual in appearance, the Muscovy duck species is common in Florida and some cities in the U.S.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A female Muscovy duck has been spotted wandering near a Florida city's downtown with what looks like a blow-gun dart stuck through her head and wildlife officials are ...

The Muscovy duck is a bit of enigma, from its odd appearance to its name. The ducks are not native to Moscow or anywhere else in Western Europe. Instead, they originated in Mexico and South and ...

The orange-tipped, blow-gun type dart protrudes about 3 inches from one side of the duck's head with the tip just visible on the other side. ... "In Florida, Muscovy ducks are considered nonnative.

For a half century they’ve spread their wings — and waste — across South Florida’s backyards and swimming pools. They’re ugly and ungainly, and just the mention of the… ...

Muscovy ducks are not native to California or much of the nation, but we have small flocks of them around the Bay Area. Plus, taking down old bird nests.

Muscovy ducks were first introduced to Florida in the mid-1960s, ... hitting her head on a picnic table causing a laceration that needed stitches,” Calzadilla Diaz said in an email.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A female Muscovy duck has been spotted wandering near a Florida community with what looks like a blow-gun dart stuck through her head and wildlife officials are ...

Then there was the mysterious disappearance in 2013 of hundreds of Muscovy Ducks from the Rock Creek neighborhood in Cooper City. Rumors swirled that they had been given sedatives overnight ...