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… ...

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). Once ...

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 ...

Of the 17 boxes, five had evidence of successful wood duck nesting, four were used by starlings, three hatched hooded mergansers and two were used by tree swallows, one by a screech owl and one by ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Back in Audubon’s time (1750s to 1850s), the gorgeous wood duck was abundant all across eastern North America. By the end of the 1800s, populations of this ...

As exotic as the wood duck may seem, it is a common bird in our parts. But it wasn’t always so. During the Wild West days of unregulated market hunting, the bird’s fate appeared much grimmer.

In 2018, he recorded 413 wood duck and hooded merganser hatches; in 2017, it was 643. The data are not only used to keep hatch rates and record unusual discoveries but to help direct box locations.

But we believe she put it in the box and the owl hatched it," said Wolf. She added an update later that said, "A bit later, the baby duck was in the hole by itself, calling for the parents.

“We had seen a female Wood Duck – about 3 or 4 weeks ago, remove a duck egg from a box that had been raided by something, and fly off toward this box with it,” Wolf wrote on Facebook along ...

The packages held wood duck boxes that the retired couple is known for distributing in this corner of the state, which is marked with an assortment of trees, ponds, and lakes—perfect breeding ...