USFWS Plan to Cut Atlantic Flyway Mallard Limit Opposed by Delta Waterfowl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with the Atlantic Flyway Council, are proposing a reduction in the mallard limit to two birds for the 2019-20 season, both of which may be hens.
Black Ducks in Peril
The Atlantic Flyway’s most iconic bird has dwindled to less than half its historic population. Will new research turn the tide?
Mandarin Ducks on the Rise in Atlantic Flyway?
Kyle Wintersteen has received two separate, reliable reports of mandarin ducks in Pennsylvania. Are numbers on the rise?
Two Spoonbills I'd Definitely Shoot
Kyle Wintersteen weighs in on a pair of unique spoonbills that Delta Waterfowl tweeted pictures of this season.
Will Fall-Like Weather Provide Early Duck Push?
Unseasonably cool August weather begs an important question: Will we get an early push of ducks?
The Dream Six-Duck Limit
I've been asked numerous times to name my favorite duck,but for the life of me I can't pick just one.
A Duck Taxidermy Disaster
Two Octobers ago found Kyle Wintersteen in a North Dakota marsh hunting a diversity of waterfowl. Someone mentioned that a local taxidermist mounted ducks at just $100 a pop—including shipping! What could possibly go wrong?
Skeins in the North American Sky: The Return of the Giant Canada Goose
Though assumed extinct prior to 1962, the giant subspecies of Canada goose now numbers in the millions. Here's how biologists and hunter conservationists brought it back from the brink.
South Carolina Legislature Increases Duck Stamp Fee
The South Carolina General Assembly has agreed to legislation that will enact a fee increase to the state’s migratory waterfowl permit, for the improvement of waterfowl habitat on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs).
Annual Breeding Waterfowl Population Survey Results
The breeding population of ducks declined seven percent this spring, while pond counts dropped by nine percent compared to last year, according to the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status report released by the USFWS.
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