Fowl Facts

HARVESTING HYBRIDS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s preliminary harvest data for the 2005-2006 season estimates that U.S. hunters bagged more than 16,000 black duck/mallard hybrids.

GOING FAST - According to recent estimates, one acre of valuable wetland habitat is lost every 10 minutes in the United States.

DUCK CENTRAL - Estimates from the 1800s suggest California’s Central Valley may have held as many as 40 million wintering and migrating waterfowl.

EARLY BIRDS - Ducks Unlimited has deep roots in New York. DU’s first fund-raising event was held in New York City, and six months later, upstate Rochester hosted the nation’s second DU dinner.