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 ...

Five years ago I put up a wood duck box at the edge of a pond. Wood ducks began frequenting the box and, although I occasionally would see a wood duck fly in or out the hole, I never did see a ...

Usually the wood duck lays 9-12 eggs. All hatch except the bottom one, which doesn’t get enough heat. But occasionally when the nesting boxes are checked, there might be 3-5 unhatched eggs. “The hen ...

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.

Now is when many clutches of wood duck eggs hatch. The young stay in their nest box or tree cavity the day they hatch, even if it's in the morning, and then leave the next morning.

An average wood duck nest has a dozen eggs. (page 100) Wood duck boxes have their roots in Illinois. According to Ducks Unlimited, “In 1937, the U.S. Biological Survey ...

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.

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.

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.

It's time to clean out the wood duck boxes. Mark Grovijahn. Wildlife Biologist, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks ...

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.

Species: Wood duck Scientific name:Aix sponsa Nicknames: Woody Claim to fame: Wood ducks are considered by many to be the most colorful waterfowl species. They are also known for their fine taste ...