If you’re looking for one factor that influenced the subpar results of Minnesota’s 2024 Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey, the spring weather played an outsized role.
“It’s was one of the strangest springs I can remember, said Bruce Davis, supervisor for the Minnesota DNR’s Wetland Wildlife Research Group in Bemidji, who flew the annual aerial survey. In short, mallard, Canada goose, and overall duck abundance – estimates all – were down from last year. Blue-winged teal were up.
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