A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report estimated 34 million ducks this spring in North America, 5% higher than last year.

American wigeon were down 14% from 2022 and 28% from ... Although the survey showed that overall duck populations remain healthy, it also told a story of continuing drought in the western Canadian ...

Some of the duck species that are arriving now, usually courtesy of a cold front, include American Wigeon, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck and Lesser Scaup. American Wigeon has an interesting nickname, ...

The struggling duck, which appeared to be an American wigeon, was reported to the energy company by a distraught customer who saw it hanging just west of the Vallejo bridge on Highway 37.

American wigeon, blue-winged teal, canvasback, gadwall, mallard, northern pintail, northern shoveler, redhead and ruddy duck. The researchers estimated species-specific responses to climate and ...

The most common are the black ducks, mallards and gadwall. Also present this past week are American wigeon, green-winged teal, northern pintail and northern shovelers. All of these ducks are terme ...

She reminded the attendees that the recent concerns about avian influenza began on Jan. 14, 2022, when the USDA identified it for the first time in an American Wigeon duck in South Carolina.