See wood ducks look like and hear their song. If you live near water, put up a nest box and you may attract a wood duck to your yard. The post How to Identify a Wood Duck appeared first on Birds ...

Wood ducks come fast, and shooting tends to be improvisational. Stephen Maturen. Kids, shotguns, and wood ducks coming from all directions made for an hour or so of happy chaos.

Wood ducks are the only perching ducks native to the U.S. and Canada. Strong claws on their webbed feet help them cling to branches and access their nests. This is unusual for dabbling ducks.

Follow this step-by-step guide to making wood duck nesting boxes. It's easy to do and can make a real difference in local wood duck numbers. Join the 1871 Club Now : Members-only Hats, 2x F&S ...

Wood duck chicks are precocial — they can move about almost immediately. About a day after hatching, the chicks are ready to leave the nest. Hordes of herons: Impressive great blue heron likely ...

Today, the wood duck is one of the most common waterfowl species that breeds in the United States. First discovered: Wood ducks were known to Native Americans and to early pioneers.

If you have never seen a male wood duck, you are missing one of God’s most beautiful creations. Both sexes share a crested head. The males (drakes) are a rainbow of colors blending together in a ...

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. To stream 13WMAZ on your phone ...

But the wood ducks are out there and the season is open, so what are you waiting for? Get out there and get after them. MORE FROM CIEKOT: Oysters too expensive? Get them yourself for free.

Mid-June, and a few days ago we saw a wood duck with two tiny chicks on Moose Lake. Another female with two fluffy ones came through my home pond, going downstream. That’s always fun. But it got ...

An interspecies pair of Wood and Mallard ducks are finding love in Central Park, according to David Barrett of the Manhattan Bird Alert.