Conservationists have long used artificial nest boxes to support wood duck populations, and this field trip allowed students ...

In the waterfowl world, Alabama’s most abundant species, the wood duck, is not known for migrating long distances. It turns out, the wood duck migration patterns follow a “boy meets girl” scenario.

As a duck hunter, Bart Tegen, has put up wood duck boxes for years. “Just knowing that, in northern Wisconsin, we don't have a lot of migrating waterfowls, so we need to produce our own,” said Tegen.