GRAND FORKS – In last week’s Northland Outdoors, dated Saturday, July 16, Doug Leier of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported that the “index” for ruddy duck numbers is up 157% over last ...

Waterfowl are beginning to pour into area marshes and wet spots where winter snowmelt has yet to drain off. From the subtle but beautiful hues of the graceful pintail to the strikingly vivid wood duck ...

WESTERLO — Spotting a “lifer” — a new bird for your life list — is almost always a special moment. Maybe you traveled somewhere new with a different climate. Or maybe a vagrant is traveling through ...

Is cabin fever setting in? Then it’s time to bundle up, grab your binoculars and head outside for some winter duck-watching! Michelle Allison is a birder and an environmental educator at the Schlitz ...

January saw two new admissions to the Wildlife Center for care, with both duck species being non-native to Virginia: the ruddy duck and the lesser scaup. Both of these duck species are migratory. They ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota’s fall flight of ducks is expected to be similar to 1998, 2004 and 2020, the Game and Fish Department said Wednesday, Aug. 23. If those past seasons don’t ring a bell, the fall ...