As hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for the upcoming nesting season, for species like the wood ducks' survival.

Few people pay much attention to woodpeckers. Either they are just things that live out there, or they are homewreckers.

The aptly named wood duck is one of a half-dozen species of North American fowl that utilize cavities for nesting. In Ohio, the common and hooded mergansers are the only other cavity-nesting ducks.

The Wisconsin Waterfowl Association has received a grant from another bird conservation organization to help it produce 500 wood duck nest boxes.

Wood ducks nest seasonally in forested areas across North America from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern tier of states. From southern British Columbia, a narrow strip of breeding ...

The wood duck is one of seven species of North American ducks that regularly nest in natural cavities. The others are the hooded and common mergansers, common and Barrow’s goldeneyes, bufflehead ...

Smith: Wood duck nest box program gets new wind beneath its wings Wisconsin waterfowl organization receives grant from prairie chicken group to help produce 500 more wood duck nest boxes.

Many ducks are cavity-nesting ducks like wood ducks, including buffleheads, barrow's goldeneyes, common goldeneyes, hooded mergansers and common mergansers, and all of which benefit from these man ...

A wood duck hen looks at a photographer while she incubates her eggs in a nest box at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. A new study by a Preserve biologist has found that wood ducks had a ...

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 ...

Speaking of squirrels, wood ducks are one of the few duck species that “perch” as well as nest in trees. They are also quite adept at flying through timber rather than around or over trees.

Wood ducks have recently returned to the area and are looking for nesting sites. The Wood Duck program at McLean Nature Preserve will discuss how man-made nesting assistance has greatly increased ...