The female lays 10 to 12 dull-white eggs. Young wood ducks can safely exit nests up to 70 feet in the air. Thanks in part to ...

Just 17 of more than 120 duck species worldwide perch in trees ... said Berlinghof. “Female wood ducks will lay eggs in multiple nests nearby. The nest owner will incubate them with her brood ...

Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the ... two hooded mergansers known as Heidi and Hilde as they lay their eggs, incubate them, and finally introduce them to the river world.

A female Wood Duck incubates her eggs. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

If the hen is not present, we check for the possibility of eggs being there ... to extinction. “The wood ducks have made an amazing recovery due to the wood duck programs throughout California ...

Recent views, however, indicate that on the overall wood duck population ... with predator guards failing, eggs being left and other issues that makes the boxes unsuccessful nesting sites.