Male wood duck decoys entered in the 50th Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition in Ocean City. Meanwhile, questions swirled about the museum, which had been closed for half a year.

For hundreds of thousands of birds each fall, Maryland’s Eastern Shore is like a highway travel plaza: A crucial place to stop, refuel and reorient.

Sometimes significant travel is required to find good hunting or fishing. For ring-necked pheasants, get ready for a long drive to the Dakotas; for a reliable place to hunt ruffed grouse, drive to … ...

Duck hunting expert Scott Jasion explains the best way to hunt ducks over small ponds in the fall and winter. Join the 1871 Club Now : Members-only Hats, 2x F&S Issues & $15 Merch Credit Gear ...

For the avid waterfowler, Maryland’s Eastern Shore is about as close to paradise as you can get this side of heaven.The Eastern Shore is a mixture of quaint villages, picturesque farms, woodlots ...

The sounds of fall: rustling leaves, bubbling gravy. And maybe, just maybe, grown men making duck sounds. It’s okay, it’s all in the service of dinner. So it’s time to follow the sounds of duck calls ...

KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK, Va — Those at Kiptopeke State Park on the Eastern Shore are tracking some of the highest numbers of migrating falcons in North America, as well as other birds of prey.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is receiving increasing reports of sick or dead wild birds on the Eastern Shore and isolated instances in the eastern half of the state.

The osprey population on the Eastern Shore of Virginia has dropped to just 18 birds, and scientists at Williams & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology say it’s a sign of an “early complete collapse” ...

Sometimes, significant travel is required to find good hunting or fishing. For ring-necked pheasants, get ready for a long drive to the Dakotas; for a reliable place to hunt ruffed grouse, drive to… ...