The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission had two surprises for Sportsman’s Paradise outdoorsmen last week.

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

Readers have recently asked about a flock of handsome ducklike birds hanging out in their driveways or backyards. The birds are black-bellied whistling ducks with eye-catching color contrasts. Their ...

If you spend much time near a South Texas river or lake, you have probably noticed one or more ducks rapidly flying overhead while whistling a tune. These are black-bellied whistling ducks. They are ...

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 ...

WOOSTER – When Henry Miller spotted a brown duck with babies in his farm pond the first week in September, he knew he had never seen such a bird before. So, he asked the neighbor boy, Harry ...

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 ...

She sure is a beauty! We just know the Black-Bellied Whistling Duck’s babies are going to be just as beautiful once they hatch from their eggs. But for now, their mama needs to keep them safe. By any ...

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

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.” ...

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.