But wood ducks are notorious for what is called "dumping." Females mate, then use another hen's nest for laying. They skip nest-building and incubation, letting the designated hen take responsibility.

The wood duck drake is by far the most handsome of our American ducks followed by the pintail, a distant second. It’s always a pleasure to photograph the wood duck drake and hen when they arrive ...

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.

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.

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. ... The hen pads the nest with down she plucks from her breast, laying one egg a day and 6-16 eggs total.

This Texas Couple Helps Hatch Hundreds of Baby Wood Ducks Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species. ... The hen lays one egg per day over a two-week span.

Both ducks and geese can be seen heading north as well as back south as they may not find suitable conditions yet to the north. ... It's time to clean out the wood duck boxes.

Coming in hot! Video from a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources trail camera is Example A of the, uh, flight of wood ducklings this time of year. Upon closer inspection of the trailcam video ...