The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird ...

My wood duck nesting boxes were placed in trees, and in the past I had made no attempt to deter predators. That, I realized, had to change. Why the sudden shift in the amount of predator problems?

Last winter, Mass Wildlife put out a request for wood duck nest boxes. Following the appeal, Boy Scouts, sportsmen, school groups, lumber companies, and other conservationists generously answered the ...

Significantly, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibited the hunting of wood ducks nationwide. In the 1930s, artificial nest boxes proved to be a boost to the species' recovery.

Nest boxes played a key role in the relatively rapid recovery of wood ducks following implementation of hunting regulations. The rocket-shaped structures mounted on poles or trees are common ...

Georgia's wood ducks thrive as nesting box efforts soar. Here's how they work. ... Each box is designed to mimic natural tree cavities that the ducks would otherwise use for nesting, ...

When most people think of ducks, they probably think of birds that quack and live on water. Well, most ducks don't quack and some nest in trees! Let's take a close look at one of our local tree ...

In January a hard freeze sent a wide variety of ducks to a small patch of open water at Salem Lake. Eleven species spent several days vying for space as Birds: Colorful wood duck nests in holes in ...

About 24 hours after hatching, all the wood duck ducklings will jump out of the nest to join their mother. Questions about this spectacle and other reader birding questions answered.

Wood ducks nest seasonally in forested areas across North America from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern tier of states. From southern British Columbia, a narrow strip of breeding ...

E.G. Kingsford (1917) was camping near a wood duck tree nest in Michigan and wrote, “…one morning before sunrise she flew by from the tree to the river with a little duck in her beak… ...

The wood duck is one of seven species of North American ducks that regularly nest in natural cavities. The others are the hooded and common mergansers, common and Barrow’s goldeneyes, bufflehead ...