Tips Look for wood ducks in wooded swamps, marshes, streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes. They stick to wet areas with trees or extensive cattails. As a cavity nester, wood ducks take readily to ...

A: Yes, you’re exactly right. Wood ducks usually pair up on their wintering grounds, before they set out on migration. And they tend to return year after year to sites where they’ve nested before.

Whether this wood duck has ever created hybrid ducklings with any of his mallard mates is unknown. In 2023, the love birds were spotted with one small duckling that ignited rumors they had done ...