A federal laboratory has confirmed the presence of a bird flu strain in Louisiana. The H5N1 virus was found in a blue-winged teal killed by a hunter in southwestern Louisiana, the state Department of ...

It’s mid-August and hot, but already arriving in Georgia’s wetlands are blue-winged teals, well in advance of the 20 or so other duck species that will migrate into Georgia over the next few months.

Ducks Unlimited's Waterfowl Migration Map is a sea of blue, testament to the annual late-summer flight of a 1-pound duck that is so endearing to the hearts of South Louisiana hunters. Unlike last year ...

Ducks are some of the earliest returning migrants to Colorado as ice begins to melt and open water emerges. In Teller County, larger rivers like the South Platte are the first to thaw, aided by the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2024 waterfowl population status report released Tuesday indicates another significant drop in numbers for blue-winged teal, an important species for Texas hunters ...

Early Teal season is coming up (September 20-28), and the news is not encouraging. The September season is all about the Blue Wing Teal or BWT. These small ducks migrate early and often and travel ...

Guy Crittenden's scene of a pair of blue-winged teal flying low over a cypress swamp will grace Louisiana's duck stamp in 2015. The third time was the charm for Guy Crittenden. The Richmond, Va., ...

It was just last year that the Department of Natural Resources launched a trial teal season in Minnesota. It was met with approval by most waterfowl hunters so a second early teal season was recently ...