One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. ... The hen pads the nest with down she plucks from her breast, laying one egg a day and 6-16 eggs total.

A final report for 2023 at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve shows that more wood duck eggs are being laid and more of those eggs are hatching.

If you have never seen a male wood duck, you are missing one of God’s most beautiful creations. Both sexes share a crested head. The males (drakes) are a rainbow of colors blending together in a ...

Wood duck nest boxes were checked every week from late March 2022 to late July 2022. In total, 118 wood duck eggs were produced in 2022. From those 118 eggs, 55 hatched, and from those 55 ...

As exotic as the wood duck may seem, it is a common bird in our parts. ... Once a hole is chosen, the hen will lay 10-12 eggs, which will hatch about 30 days later.

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 ...

In 2022, the 37 working boxes showed 222 hatched wood duck eggs and 175 unhatched eggs, according to the records. It was a good year. Two years earlier, in 2020, only 113 hatched.

The wood duck is a stunning, vibrantly colored species, the stuff of birders’ dreams. The male has an iridescent green, blue, and purple head with stark red eyes. Its breast is chestnut brown.

A male Wood duck is spotted earlier this month with his new female Mallard in Central Park, and the two are reportedly finding love. David Barrett of Manhattan Bird Alert ...

Wood ducks are thriving today in wetland areas across the United States. But this wasn't always the case, according to a new regional blog post from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).