The lesser and greater scaup are better known as bluebills. As the nickname implies, both subspecies have blue bills, and the two birds are very difficult to differentiate. Each is part of the diving ...

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 ...

Teal and doves typically dominate discussion when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Regulations Committee (SRC) meets each June to fashion annual frameworks for hunting early-season migratory game ...

Tens of thousands of migrating lesser scaup ducks have arrived on Mississippi River Pool 19. Located at Keokuk, Pool 19 is the spring migration’s most important stopover. Swarming northward from ...

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.

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 ...

If it walks, waddles and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a mallard but might be a redhead, a scaup, a canvasback, a pintail or some similar pattern. Unlike most casual observers who suffer not if ...