Arkansas waterfowl hunters hope for rain; winter deluge running late

Rain is needed to give the best conditions and best opportunity for waterfowl hunting statewide. That big, 6- to 8-inch ...
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30 finalist images from the Bird Photographer of the Year Awards

Everyone that's been into photography knows that bird photos are probably the hardest to capture. The photographers take ...
Stuttgart Daily Leader

Arkansas Wildlife Waterfowl Report: January duck numbers likely low; Midwinter survey coming, anecdotal reports not promising

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists were able to survey the waterfowl landscape last week with no significant delays ...

Has Hot Cropping Ruined Duck Hunting? Here’s What the Data and Biologists Say About How Flooded Corn Affects Waterfowl Migration

A letter from Senator John Kennedy says the “unsportsmanlike” practice of hot cropping for mallards is ruining Southern duck ...
The Berkshire Eagle

Winter thaw reveals northern pintails paddling through Papscanee Creek

Clellie and Danny Lynch follow Canada geese and discover elegant northern pintails paddling along the Hudson, marking a ...

Eagle-eyed volunteers turn out for Portland’s 100th annual winter bird count, charting avian highs and lows for posterity

One lucky group spotted all five species of woodpeckers they could possibly hope to see on a January day: hairy, downy and pileated woodpeckers, a northern flicker and a red-breasted sapsucker.
Stuttgart Daily Leader

Mallard estimates jump in Delta

Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists conducting transect-based surveys from Dec. 15-23 in the Delta estimated a mallard count that was ...
Dronelife

MALLARD-S Unmanned Transport System Completes First Operational Tests

The test campaign was specifically designed to validate the MALLARD-S system’s capability to perform operations meeting SAIL III (Specific Assurance & Integrity Level) under the European Union ...