The wood duck and hooded merganser are two native ducks that are cavity nesters, seeking holes in dead trees or utilizing large nesting boxes created by humans in which to lay their eggs.

Wood ducks are the only perching ducks native to the U.S. and Canada. Courtesy of Liz Rose Fisher Just 17 of more than 120 duck species worldwide perch in trees.

Back then most wood duck boxes were set in trees, and Duckman's washer was an especially valuable aid in achieving that chore. What's unique about the washer is that it has a keyhole-shaped center ...

Unlike some water birds, such as herons, that build stick nests in trees, wood ducks use cavities. Since they aren't equipped to excavate their own holes, they use preexisting openings.

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… ...

WATERFOWL -- Wood ducks nest in tree cavities (or nest boxes) high above the ground, but the chicks leave the nest before they can fly. It's just another amazing feat of nature that -- just one ...

Speaking of squirrels, wood ducks are one of the few duck species that “perch” as well as nest in trees. They are also quite adept at flying through timber rather than around or over trees.

Unlike most ducks, the wood duck nests in tree cavities either over or near water. Like most birds, the male is more colorful while the female is earth tone to hide among vegetation.

They are more conspicuous, though, during their migration. They are called wood ducks because they frequently nest in tree cavities, and some of those nests are 30 to 40 feet above the ground.

This week we head to western Kentucky to band wood ducks. Then show you how to safely climb a tree for deer season. And lastly, we take a look at a deer quota hunt that took place on Kleber WMA.

In the Eastern and Mississippi Flyways wood ducks are abundant and accessible. According to Ducks Unlimited, wood ducks were second in total harvest in the Mississippi and Atlantic flyways in 25 out ...