With continental populations of many species of ducks again near record highs, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has established a 60-day duck season that opens Oct. 3 with a ...

North Saanich photographer Christy Grinton was surprised to see a few black Brant geese on Jan. 6 while she was at Island View Beach. “At first there were just three or four of them and then came more ...