Their nesting sites were in hollow cavities in old, mature trees, which were being removed at a rapid pace by the logging ...

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This year, the official arrival of spring seemed to coincide nicely with the disappearance of the ice from many of our local lakes and ponds. Last weekend, while collecting ambient nature sounds for ...

Outdoors roundup lists nesting boxes available plus local hikes, safety courses, a Whitetails Unlimited banquet and DNR spring hearing details.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has chosen the wood duck for its 2027 Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition. This will be the fourth time the wood duck has been the featured ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The American robin can move over. Michigan has another state bird. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday making the wood duck Michigan’s official state duck.

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Michigan has a new state symbol. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday, March 26 that designates the wood duck as the official state duck of Michigan. The wood duck joins iconography like ...

SALEM TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan has named the wood duck as the state's very first official duck, a bird that turns heads with its rare beauty and ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday signed three bills into law, including one designating an official state duck. Whitmer signed House Bill 4044, which names the wood duck as ...

LANSING, MI – Now, they are among Michigan’s most hunted waterfowl, with male wood ducks described as one of the most beautiful birds in the world. But only a few generations ago, the wood duck was ...