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 ...

they will often “drop” those extra eggs in other active wood duck nests. Pretty sneaky, right? Oh, and the “recipient” of those eggs will not know or even suspect that one or more of them ...

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 ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out ...

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 ...

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.

Yet the wood duck's remarkable recovery offers hope. "The successful comeback of the wood duck can serve as a model for the recovery of other North American bird species," the American Bird ...