One may know birds by their sounds. One may know them by their bills. One may even know them by their toes: the length of the ...

The Rev. Paul Larson, an ardent duck hunter from Deer River, remembers the good old days of bluebill hunting. "It's nothing like it used to be," Larson said this past week with Minnesota's duck season ...

Q. I am new to duck hunting, and I'm very bad at identifying different ducks, and drakes vs. hens. How do I get better at identifying different duck species and their gender? A. That's a tough one, ...

My mother-in-law, who often requests updates on our three domestic ducks, and my mother, who loves those three ducks and every other duck on the planet, can consider this an Un, Deux, Trois report.