Cayce Guy is waiting with anticipation for the peak of the waterfowl migration at Steve Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area more intently this year than any other. In addition to being ...

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Unless you consistently hunt in the Atlantic Flyway, your odds of killing a banded black duck are nearly zero. Even for East Coast hunters who do target black ducks, shooting one with a band is very ...

But molting ducks can still fly, so this banding season stretches out over several summer weeks. Large wire cages are set into ponds around Middle Creek. Lured into the cage by corn bait, ducks paddle ...

STEVENS – Releasing a duck is sudden. Soft and warm, it’s like a living pillow. It shoots up into the air, spraying water off its wings and disappearing into the sun. “I like ducks,” says Lauren ...

GREAT FALLS (AP) — It's a beauty of a day — last day of summer — and the high sky and gentle breeze remind one more of bluebirds than waterfowl. But here at Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a ...

Marquis Dunkleberger spent the last weekday of his summer vacation up to his elbows in squirmy mallards and wood ducks. The Lebanon County fifth-grader had come to Middle Creek Wildlife Management ...