Courtship in the duck world is well under way, as is Spring migration. Pair bonding starts on the wintering ground, as early as December, and lasts into Spring migration. Many species of ducks form a new […]
Love Is In The Air Read More »
The bright colors, color-patterns, and shapes of the male (drake) ducks make it fairly easy to identify the various species. But when it comes to the females, identification can be a little (or a lot) more
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After a winter season of frozen lakes and wetlands, early spring blows in on warm southerly winds. Small pockets of ice begin to thaw. Accompanying the winds are ducks. They push the limits and begin their
Ice-out has Started Read More »
In mid-July, I read a post on a list-serve dedicated to Iowa birders who share their sightings with other birders. It was a post about a Limpkin that was spotted near Little Storm Lake. If you
