Maryland Survey Estimates Ducks, Geese Numbers Higher than 5-year Average

  Each winter, aerial survey teams of biologists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service make visual estimates of ducks, geese and swans along the state’s coast and shoreline. This year, teams counted about 1,023,300 waterfowl, well above the 812,600 birds observed during 2017 and higher than the five-year average of 851,980. In general, biologists attribute much of the year-to-year variation to... READ MORE