Wood ducks are one of a relatively few North American waterfowl species that utilize hollow areas to lay and hatch eggs. The human-made nest boxes are placed on poles and situated in or along water.

The ducks take to them really, really well.” File photo/Simon Fuller Last year, Betty and Herman Zwanzig had two wood duck nest boxes at their riverside home in St. James.

Enter the wood duck box. The first attempt to use them on a large scale came in 1937, when the U.S. Biological Survey erected nearly 500 slab-wood boxes in central Illinois.

Ducks Unlimited is encouraging New Brunswickers interested in building nesting boxes for wood ducks to place them in their preferred habitat — and in a place where the babies can have a soft ...

The female Wood Duck breeds at a year old. She lines the nest with down taken from her breast, and lays 8 to 15 dull-white eggs.

Because wood ducks nest in cavities, they take readily to nest boxes. The construction and placement of boxes for this species is a traditional conservation project across the country. This ...

Back then most wood duck boxes were set in trees, and Duckman's washer was an especially valuable aid in achieving that chore. What's unique about the washer is that it has a keyhole-shaped center ...

Mayor Francis Deroo took a walk in the woods – installing Wood Duck nesting boxes in the l’Anse-à-l’Orme nature park. “As a city, we feel this is a great way to encourage biodiversity – ...

Roger Strand grew up as an avid duck hunter, but now it's April in place of October that is his favorite month of the year. He's been maintaining nesting boxes for wood ducks beginning with his ...

A local, ideal habitat for the wood duck is the hardwood bottomland along the Neches River within the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge. While wood ducks may naturally nest in tree cavities, their ...

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 ...