Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Duck breeding numbers are down, reports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) 2024 waterfowl breeding population ...

Continental breeding duck populations are down 13 percent from last year, but most species remain above long-term averages, according to the "2018 Waterfowl Population Status Report," released Monday.

Aug. 18—MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Continental breeding duck populations are down 7% from 2022, Ducks Unlimited said Friday, Aug. 18, in reporting results from the annual spring North American waterfowl survey ...

California's 2025 waterfowl breeding population survey shows a significant increase in duck populations. Mallard duck populations increased by 49%, while other duck species saw a 27% rise. The CDFW ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated continental breeding duck populations at 34.2 million, down 12% from the 2019 estimate of 38.9 million and 4% below the long-term average since 1955, ...

Breeding season at the National Zoo’s Bird House can create some spectacular behavior Mike Bock Breeding season at the Bird House can create some spectacular behavior among the Zoo’s raucous flock of ...

This year’s waterfowl population survey results will be disappointing to veteran duck hunters, but they shouldn’t be surprising. The total number of ducks dipped just below 34 million breeding ducks, ...

DULUTH — The number of breeding ducks estimated across the continent hit 33.99 million this spring, up 5% over 2023, but nearly all of the increase happened in the far north and west. That’s the ...

Providing food and managing disturbance are the two most important things duck managers and duck hunters can do to improve duck hunting. An expert panel accentuated those points recently during the ...

Monday’s news was not what Louisiana duck hunters, nor wild waterfowlers anywhere north to the Dakotas, wanted to hear and read. News from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual “Trends on Duck ...