Here's an interesting display of passive survival techniques from a wood duck and family with ducklings where the drake plays dead whilst the others hide. I happened to accidentally stumble upon them ...

James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, a Twin Cities suburb, is the winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest.

A painting of buffleheads in flight by James Hautman of Chaska, Minn. won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. It is ...

After two days of competition, James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, emerged as the winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of ...

Iowa DNR confirms avian influenza is affecting Canada geese, noting sick or dead birds could be a common sight in Dubuque ...

The winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest is James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, with an acrylic painting of ...

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 ...

The Minnesota painters have achieved unrivaled success in the federal government’s conservation-boosting art competition. They insist technical know-how has little to do with it.

The duck painting dynasty continues for the Minnesota’s wildlife painting Hautman brothers. This year, Chaska resident Jim Hautman emerged victorious in the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest run by ...

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” ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says bird flu has been detected in Dubuque. H5 avian influenza has been confirmed in Canada geese from two places in Dubuque, with other ...

Today, the early waterfowl season for taking wood ducks and teal joins Kentucky's hunting hit (or miss) parade.