HUNTERS ORGANIZE MEETINGS TO FIND DUCKS BISMARCK, N.D. - Duck hunters from Minnesota to Louisiana are organizing rallies and planning public hearings in an attempt to answer the most nagging question in the outdoors, "Where are the ducks?" ...

... on Earth they fly. Twenty-eight mallards were outfitted with satellite tracking units last spring. These transmitters gave daily updates on the ducks' locations through the year. This year, AGFC biologists have tagged 53 mallards to gather even more information on the birds. Several levels of ...

The Plain Truth About Prairie Ducks Some things haven't changed. Weather and habitat conditions on the prairies remain the two most important factors influencing duck populations By Matt Young - Ducks Unlimited March - April Magazine Throughout ...

Waning Canadian Production Means Fewer Ducks in the US Press Release from Delta Waterfowl...March 8, 2005 BISMARCK, ND-Duck hunters from Minnesota to Louisiana are organizing rallies and planning public hearings in an attempt to answer the most ...

... Gadwall belong to the bird family Anatidae, a collection of species commonly known as waterfowl or, more specifically, the swans, geese and ducks. Within this family, gadwall belong to the subfamily Anatinae, a group commonly called marsh ducks or dabbling ducks. Dabbling ducks jump upward ...

RiverKings will spotlight Ducks Unlimited SOUTHAVEN, Miss.—The RiverKings will host Ducks Unlimited (DU) on Saturday, Mar. 5th, when the ‘Kings take on the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees at the DeSoto Civic Center at 7:05 p.m. As part ...

... counts." The Environmental Working Group says the lion's share of subsidies goes to a few hundred of the biggest players, including Indian tribes, Ducks Unlimited conservation group and rice co-ops. About 40 percent of farmers receive federal aid, mostly for grain, rice and cotton. And, most of ...

... decoys as well. Finlay Williams created Robo Duk in Santa Maria, Calif., after seeing that a kite with shiny metallic spinners would draw in ducks mistaking the flash for the wings of birds landing on water. He figures hunters who go out every day have an even bigger advantage, and the mechanical ...

... Associated Press When Bryan Dinkins was a teenager and winter came, he piled into his grandfather's car before dawn and they headed out to hunt ducks. Morning crept up around them as they huddled together in the cold, talking in a hush about life and school. Then, his grandfather would lean ...

Experts Pinpoint Ducks' Role in Bird Flu Thursday February 24, 2005 HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Health and animal experts said Thursday any long-term strategy for controlling bird flu must address the role of ducks and other ...

... regulations. Without means of containment, releases of tens-of-thousands of free-flighted, captive-reared mallards into areas inhabited by wild ducks may pose a potential threat of disease transmission between captive-reared and wild birds. Pairing and interbreeding of captive-reared mallards ...

... the known history of the flu virus, she said. In Asia, there have already been a number of deaths among people who caught the flu from chickens or ducks. The mortality rate is very high about 72 percent of identified patients, said Gerberding. There also have been documented cases of this strain ...

... This winter my Delta cohorts and I have again been inundated by calls from hunters across the flyways searching for concentrations of migrating ducks. Hunters frequenting Internet chat rooms and outdoor writers are pondering the same question: “Where are the ducks.” Unlike recent years, ...