The breeding population of ducks in North America was estimated at 32.3 million this spring, down 7% year-over-year and 9% from the long-term mean, according to the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status ...

Connecticut wildlife biologists are seeking the public’s help in gauging the reproductive health of mallard ducks in the state. Also known as the “greenhead” for the males’ emerald mantles, mallards ...

Aug. 18—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 ...

Louisiana's duck hunters know the liberal seasons and limits they've enjoyed the last two decades are going to end at some point, but that time is not now. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status in mid-August. The numbers of ducks slid from the 2022 estimate, with the drop attributed to extremely ...

Marc Engler, head of the Nabu wild bird station, lets the mother duck and chicks into the Müggelspree in the park on the Stichkanal in Köpenik, close to Berlin. When city ducks breed, they like to do ...

There's good news in duck-breeding country. Total duck-breeding numbers in the traditional duck breeding areas of the U.S. and Canada are at an all-time high of 45.6 million birds, according to the ...

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 may be small consolation to the water-short U.S. Northeast, but game ducks have long been more parched than people. For five years the great prairies of the central U.S. and Canada have had ...