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 are the only perching ducks native to the U.S. and Canada. Courtesy of Liz Rose Fisher Just 17 of more than 120 duck species worldwide perch in trees.

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

Of all the pretty birds and waterfowl to see, the wood duck is the champion of this beauty pageant.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

How long is duck hunting season in Florida? Florida’s early wood duck and teal hunting season runs from Sept. 21-25.

Wood ducks are smaller than mallards (most ducks are), but prefer similar wetland habitat, with one big exception. The wood duck is so named because it nests in tree cavities.