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Black-bellied whistling ducks can be recognized by their dark brown and black feathers and their pink bills and feet. The ducks are rare in Connecticut and have only had a few confirmed sightings ...
Some other duck, whether a wood duck or another black-bellied whistling duck, deposited her eggs into that nest and then took the rest of motherhood off. It is 2022. More people with long lenses ...
Shortly after arrival, the whistling-duck marched her 4-to-5-day-old ducklings over the bank and into the one-third acre lushly vegetated pond. As far as I know, the nest was not discovered.
Accumulating in the hundreds, perhaps thousands, every winter — at least for the past 25 years — the the black-bellied whistling ducks show up and outshine every other species in the park.
Experts think climate change could be one of the many reasons why black-bellied whistling ducks are migrating northward. Recently, Kim Hernandez has seen tens of thousands of them in her backyard ...
In a Facebook post this week, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reports that black-bellied whistling-ducks have been spotted with ducklings at a wildlife area in Wayne County, northwest of Tuscarawas ...
Both sexes, which form a long-lasting monogamous pair-bond, participate in incubating and raising the ducklings. There can be quite a number of ducklings to look after. I’ve recorded videos of a male ...
While they say that conducting a census of the ducks is difficult, they estimate, based on their annual mid-winter waterfowl inventory, that between 2015 to 2024 the population may have increased by 4 ...
This photo shows black-bellied whistling ducks in Louisiana. Jeff Durand has grown rice in St. Martinville Parish for decades, beginning in the 1980s when his family decided to clear the woodland ...
A non-native duck believed to have escaped from captivity has been spotted on a Cornish beach. Artist Amal Barwell said she feeds the ducks every morning on Par beach after her dog walks and ...