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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — A funky duck on the scene at Ann Arbor’s Gallup Park attracted a crowd of birdwatchers from throughout the region Wednesday, June 1. The unusual sighting of a black-bellied whistling ...

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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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Gov. Jeff ...

Recently, a pair of the most “un-duck-like” ducks has been spotted in McAlester. Residents have spotted and photographed two black-bellied whistling ducks perched on what was left of an ice ...

In my long-ago youth, I'd see black-bellied whistling ducks only in the Rio Grande Valley; and my great-great-grandfather could have only seen them in Mexico. But now, I look out my window to see the ...

The author hunted waterfowl for 46 years before realizing he was close to getting all 41 species on "the list." His most ...

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.” ...

Uh oh! Mama is fuming! The female Black-Bellied Whistling Duck wanted a little privacy with her babies and she wasn’t afraid to show it. That’s what one man realized when he opened up his “duck box” ...