There’s a depth in which I’m comfortable wading through southwest Florida’s wet-weather ponds, and that’s right about my waist. I feel that any deeper and I’ll be unable to mount a meaningful retreat ...

Louisiana took an important second step to a first special season on black-bellied whistling ducks when the Wildlife and ...

In 2017, the first black-bellied whistling ducks were reported in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The following year, on July 28, two adults and 14 downy chicks were photographed in Posey County, ...

A small group of people at a ballpark with binoculars and cameras on an early Saturday morning in late summer might not be too strange a sight. Except that this group was way too early for a game and ...

VIOLATED ANY LAWS. NEW ORLEANS AREA JUST HAD OUR SECOND WARMEST FALL ON RECORD, AND EXPERTS THINK THE WARM WEATHER MAY BE AFFECTING BIRDS AND THEIR BEHAVIOR. IN FACT, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAINT JOHN ...

Another rare bird has been spotted in Ohio, and state wildlife experts believe it's here to stay. In a Facebook post week, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reports black-bellied whistling-ducks have been ...

If you live in our area along the Texas coast, you might have been lucky enough to see a black-bellied whistling duck or maybe whole swarms of them. These ducks don’t behave like any other duck we see ...

In August 2010, I wrote a column about the black-bellied whistling-duck. It’s an odd “tree duck” that looks like a cross between a goose and a duck. Its genus name, Dendrocygna, means “tree swan.” ...

The Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks, found the first week of September at an Amish farm pond in Wayne County, are still alive and doing well. The family of BBWDs are the first nest of the species ever ...

NEW ORLEANS — There has been an invasion of ducks in New Orleans area parks and canals in recent days. People are reporting huge flocks of black bellied whistling ducks suddenly appearing overnight.

Readers have been asking me about some odd-looking ducks roaming their yards. I understand the wonderment. Black-bellied whistling-ducks don’t walk like typical ducks, nor feed like typical ducks.

There’s a depth in which I’m comfortable wading through southwest Florida’s wet-weather ponds, and that’s right about my waist. I feel that any deeper and I’ll be unable to mount a meaningful retreat ...