Despite a wind chill of 18°F with snow swirling, I ventured outside on Tuesday with only an hour of daylight left to deal with the layer of ice-crusted snow burying our motor chariots. Since ...

Everyone can recognize ducks: They are the birds that swim. In fall and winter, we have lots of ducks, along with geese and swans, their similarly easy-to-recognize relatives. But here’s the trick: ...

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Recently thawed Lake Mendota has become home to migrating swans, ducks and geese. Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, ...

Dead trumpeter swans litter the ice of Sweet Marsh in Bremer County. Sweet Marsh, a wetland northeast of Tripoli, welcomes Canada geese, trumpeter swans and dabbling ducks. However, these three types ...

"A Wildlife Management Institute book." Two volumes in case with CD-ROM in pocket in volume 2. "Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was ...

A baby trumpeter swan with bird flu lies on the snow to die in December at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County. (Photo courtesy of Kip Ladage) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Ducks can transfix people, waterfowlers in particular, prompting them to travel extraordinary distances, awaken far too early and stand in water so cold it rattles the bones. One attraction of these ...

Winter is here, bringing with it plenty of cold, some snow — and waterfowl? Yes, winter is officially the “season of the duck,” according to Audubon Great Lakes. During the time of year when many of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has ordered a nonprofit waterfowl sanctuary to kill dozens of flightless ducks and ...