Once a bright spot, new report finds ducks now declining along with many other bird species in the U.S.

At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published late last week.
Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies. For several decades, waterfowl stood out as a conservation bright spot with duck populations growing nationwide even as many other groups of birds declined in the U.S. But that trend has reversed, the new data shows.