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. The information bears out earlier studies, which showed a ...

This is the most beautiful duck on Earth. That's author Greg Hoch speaking about wood ducks, adding his opinion to many others. In his new book "With Wings Extended" Hoch says he has found the words ...

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), the LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources and several other partners are conducting a study of box nesting wood ducks across the ...

Put out a wood box for a wood duck and about a month later, you may get wood ducklings. That's what you want. Or you may get European starling chicks or little English sparrows. That's not what you ...

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 ...

A total of 98 wood duck houses were built during the fifth annual Wood Duck Habitat Day held the morning of March 5 at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center near New London. Joe Ridler, left, ...

Birds may use a variety of cues to select a nest site, including external information on habitat structure and nest site characteristics, or they may rely instead on social information obtained ...

I've heard various comments from hunters in recent weeks saying that wood ducks haven't been as plentiful as they had hoped. I'm not certain if there is a correlation, but the S.C. Dept. of Natural ...

A depressed cycle in duck population is the best time for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to renovate its deteriorated green tree reservoirs. Following a meeting Feb. 10 in Pocahontas about ...

Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...