Declining Northern Pintail Ducks Receive Personal Conservation Program

OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, MB, July 12 /CNW/ – These graceful birds, with long
necks and long tail-feathered males, once numbered 10 million birds. Found in
Canada from British Columbia to Ontario, they were among North America's most
common ducks in the mid-1950s. Today, with the pintail population numbering
3.3 million birds, Ducks Unlimited waterfowl biologists are developing a
tailor made habitat conservation program in an effort to turn around the
decline.
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