Very nice CosMos! Now its my turn
This is one of the prettier open clusters in that it is more compact, covering a much smaller slice of the sky. In fact it does resemble a very loose and odd shaped globular cluster! But this also works against it as you need slightly more aperture to resolve it. The cluster looks very pretty from memory in my 76mm newt. There is a standout single star surrounded by a unresolved haze in the shape of a V (hence the wild duck moniker) at low power. Bumping up the power brings a few more stars into view (see my sketch). I get the same impression in my Orion 80ST. The cluster is very nicely resolved (all stars visible) in my C6 and also in my 102ST. In my 15x70 binocs, I see pretty much what I mentioned earlier with a single star surrounded by and unresolved haze (well maybe 1 or two specks come through). I have a more detailed sketch that I will upload later. For now see:
http://www.geocities.com/dhumpie/dastro/m11.jpg
Cheers,
Darren