The breeding population of ducks in North America increased this spring for the first time in nearly a decade, according to an annual report of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The 2024 Waterfowl ...

Minnesota's breeding duck and goose numbers were up significantly from last year, and the state had a record number of wetlands, according to Department of Natural Resources spring waterfowl surveys.

PHILOMATH, Ore. — When Dave Holderread, one of the world’s leading waterfowl breeders, announced in 2019 he would retire in 2020, it shook the poultry and waterfowl communities. “I’m still trying to ...

Against a backdrop of above-average precipitation and wetland conditions, the 2019 Wisconsin breeding waterfowl survey found a slight drop in duck numbers and an increase in Canada geese, according to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl survey ...

Mallard numbers, at about 640,000, were down about 10% from last year, and the blue-winged teal index of 925,000 was down slightly from last year. North Dakota's spring breeding duck index is up ...

It’s holiday time, and a whole roasted bird is the centerpiece of the celebration. Here’s where to buy locally raised ducks and geese, and heritage breed turkeys, too. Try it out: Our favorite ...

In Episode 241 of the Mother Earth News and Friends, John Metzer of Metzer Farms and Stephen Horst of Fifth Day Farm offer advice on the temperatures needed for incubating guinea, goose, and duck eggs ...

Ducks and geese share webbed feet, a branch on the avian family tree, and overlapping habits and habitats. Sometimes you will have opportunities to take both ducks and geese on the same hunt, but more ...

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