And then there were three: three half-grown wood ducks, survivors from a hatch of 25 eggs. The hen began motherhood with a flotilla of ducklings swimming behind her. Prior to nesting season, we had ...

Wood ducks are known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds — an act known as brood parasitism Earlier this month, wildlife artist and photographer Laurie Wolf peeped some exciting activity in ...

The wood duck breeding season at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve was considered a “moderate success despite receding water levels, according to a new study done by Harnawaz Boparai and provided to the ...

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. The information bears out earlier studies, which showed a ...

I describe an Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) hatching three Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) eggs in a suburban nest box. Wood Duck(s) removed all five eggs of a completed screech-owl clutch, the earliest ...

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...

HORICON – On this mid-February day, Horicon Marsh was locked in ice and covered with snow. Not a bird or mammal stirred in sight. But the conditions were perfect to open some of the marsh's secrets.

Looks like critters other than wood ducks won the latest battle over wood duck nesting box rentals at False Cape State Park last season. On a rainy Saturday, volunteers from Back Bay Restoration ...

WAYNESBORO - Arne Peterson has been living in Bath County for 17 years. During most of that time, he has focused on improving the habitat for the wood duck. That was his topic at the semiannual ...

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 species declined seriously ...

David Watkins doesn't consider himself much of a duck hunter. He's taken two before, and would be OK if he never took another. But after seeing a few wood ducks fly near his property in York County, ...