Waterfowl are and have been, at least among those who hunt them, been categorized into either the dabbling duck clan or the diving ducks based for the most part on how they feed. Dabbling ducks obtain ...

Migratory wild ducks have settled in for the winter at local ponds, lakes, state parks and wildlife refuges. They’ve arrived from breeding grounds in the upper Midwestern states and as far away as ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With how many species of this familiar waterfowl live in or migrate through the state, you could say ...

When scared, diving ducks typically make a “running start” across the top of the water until they get up in the air. Diving duck species include canvasbacks, redheads, ringneck, and both the greater ...

The lesser and greater scaup are better known as bluebills. As the nickname implies, both subspecies have blue bills, and the two birds are very difficult to differentiate. Each is part of the diving ...

ST. MICHAEL, Minn. — Donald Soderlund heard about Pelican Lake in the early '60s from his Twin Cities barber, who spoke of waterfowl hunts on a vast lake that produced an array of species — widgeon, ...