Waterfowl, a general description for ducks, can be challenging to identify in flight. Mastering this ability provides satisfaction and pleasure for bird watchers and is a necessity and requirement for ...

With the end of fall migration comes the beginning of winter waterfowl season here in the tri-state. This region is blessed by many opportunities to see everything from small grebes to thousands of ...

No matter how good you think you are at identifying ducks, it's easy to get confused, especially in the dim light of dawn or dusk. "Even the most experienced waterfowl hunter, on any given day, might ...

This week’s nature series features the Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, one of our most common diving ducks that is well known to hunters as the little bluebill or broadbill. This bird is common locally ...

Wild ducks have arrived from breeding grounds in the prairie potholes of the northern Great Plains, and I love to see the pretty plumed birds on nearby ponds, marshes and shallow lakes. In their ...

The Rev. Paul Larson, an ardent duck hunter from Deer River, remembers the good old days of bluebill hunting. "It's nothing like it used to be," Larson said this past week with Minnesota's duck season ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Can you identify a duck by its wings while it’s flying overhead? It seems some would-be-hunters can’t and according to the state Game Fish and Parks Department (GFP) it ...

For those who can at least adequately identify ducks on the wing, read on. For those who can’t, it’s a vital part of being a duck hunter, not the least of which is from a legal perspective given only ...

WINONA — A program on wetlands conservation and identifying ducks will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Park Ranger Edward Lagace ...