Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mallard hen sitting inside a manmade duck nesting house. (Photograph courtesy of Delta Waterfowl) It’s been a good few days for ...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Graduation night for preschool students at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Minn., Monday, May 24, had a special visitor. One hen mallard sat still as a statue on a nest, ...
Multnomah County Elections says eligible voters should have ballots for May 19 primary Multnomah County Elections says all eligible voters should have received their ballots ahead of the May 19 ...
The ice is more than 2 feet thick in western Minnesota, but spring is drawing nearer. Last week, a few migrating mallards were already winging into open water on rivers in Minnesota’s western ‘prairie ...
The hens aren’t coming home to roost, and something’s going to have to change. Beginning in Minnesota. The hens in this case are mallards, specifically adult hen mallards, and their absence on the ...
A broad-based group of waterfowl researchers, including state and federal biologists from the Central and Mississippi flyways, are teaming up on a project to put GPS transmitters on 25 mallard hens ...
Spring holds promise not only for gardeners and baseball fans, but also for those who pine away long winter days and evenings waiting for something else: the waterfowl migration. It’s been on for the ...
Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...