Nearly 1,400 long-tailed ducks were harvested during the hunter harvest survey on Lake Michigan in 2016. Lake Michigan long-tailed ducks feed mostly on small amphipods in the genus diporeia, with diets now shifting more towards zebra and quagga mussels. (Photo by Blake Richard/River News)
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Long-tailed ducks on Lake Michigan
In-person hunter harvest survey in Two Rivers helps address minimal harvest information
A study recently published in The Journal of Wildlife Management explained how researchers on Lake Michigan conducted a long-tailed duck hunter survey out of Two Rivers to help address a lack of harvest information and discuss management implications for the species. It was part of a larger study of long-tailed ducks on Lake Michigan that began nearly a decade ago.
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