Mallard numbers are up from 2023, the most breeding ducks were counted since 2015, and duck populations overall are down just four percent from the long-term 70-year average. Published on the same ...

Mallard duck populations down 50% in North America, but they still come to Arkansas over other states As we near the new hunting season, we learn that duck numbers continue to decrease.

Duck numbers declined 7% year-over-year and are 9% below the long-term mean, according to the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status report from the USFWS.

Mallard populations are up 10 percent from last year, while canvasback ducks rose 35 percent. ... Heavy snows and rains filled northern prairie potholes, the habitat ducks need to nest.

Banking hard off a stiff south wind that is shearing just above the treetops, flight after flight of mallard ducks circles over our heads, turns hard to the west for 100 yards and then reverses ...

In the 1999-2000 duck season, duck hunters killed nearly 1.13 million mallards compared to about 311,000 in the 2022-23 duck season. That's a 72% reduction.

Two major studies are underway to try to better understand why mallard duck populations are declining in the U.S. Researchers are using new technology to help solve the mystery.

Mallards are arguably the quintessential ducks, familiar to most of us and found seemingly everywhere. They’re common at freshwater habitats around much of the world, from ponds, lakes, rivers ...

Mallard count good news for hunters. January 3, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ...

So, you just shot a duck with a radio transmitter on its back - now what? Cayuga County duck hunters Tom Adessa and his son, Chris, had that happen to them the morning of Dec. 31 while hunting ...