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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 ...

About 24 hours after hatching, all the wood duck ducklings will jump out of the nest to join their mother. Questions about this spectacle and other reader birding questions answered.

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 ...

At Gray Lodge, wood duck nesting season brings call for volunteers By Angela Guglielmino [email protected] Mar 4, 2025 Updated Mar 5, 2025 ...

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 ...

With a quarter of U.S. bird populations lost since 1970, experts see the remarkable recovery of wood ducks as a blueprint for future conservation efforts.

By Howard Whiteman Murray State University It was an odd place for a hummingbird nest, but there it was. I typically think ...