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 ...

As the spring thaw begins to open bodies of water, ducks begin to migrate through Teller County. Although Teller is rather dry, rivers and lakes do attract some diving ducks that like deeper water.

Consider the scaup (diving duck). On an early February day at low tide, upper Narragansett Bay, the duck is diving for clams, oysters and mussels. Each time spending 15 seconds or more under water, ...

I awoke the morning of Nov. 10 to our first real taste of winter. A blanket of snow covered the ground, and temperatures were in the mid-20s. Sayonara to the last of the wildflowers, butterflies and ...

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, ...

Gulls have learned to follow diving ducks and take the bottom-dwelling mussels that the ducks bring to the surface, a food source that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. Gulls are one of the ...

The scaup, it could be said, are difficult ducks to deal with. Two species occur in North America, but you can’t tell by looking. Well, you can, but you have to know what you’re looking for, and you ...

Alaska is home to so many waterfowl species you’d think there would be duck hunters everywhere and every other house would have a black Lab at the door. Doesn’t everyone’s junk drawer overflow with 12 ...

Habitat selection studies of postbreeding waterfowl have rarely focused on within-wetland attributes such as water depth, escape cover, and food availability. Flightless waterfowl must balance habitat ...

Consider: At one time, the number of scaup — bluebills — killed by Minnesota waterfowlers in Otter Tail County alone exceeded the total number of ducks felled during an entire season in the Atlantic ...