ROSEVILLE, Calif., July 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — California Waterfowl (CWA) proudly celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2025, ...

Creative repurposing of old newspaper boxes provides nesting opportunities for ducks, aiding in wildlife conservation efforts ...

Alpena’s Bird Center (ABC) sanctuary, owned and operated by Ashley Kolnowski, received eight orphaned wood ducklings over the ...

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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 ...

Answer: The hooded merganser, another beautiful duck, also benefits from the nesting box designed for wood ducks. To see this in action, follow a live stream of nesting “hoodies” on the ...

But the nest may contain up to 40 eggs “due to a unique behavior called compound nesting,” or eggdumping, said Berlinghof. “Female wood ducks will lay eggs in multiple nests nearby.

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 ...

Nesting boxes were an important factor in rebuilding wood duck numbers during the 20th century. (Steve Knight/Tyler Morning Telegraph) I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a ...

Frank explains that duck boxes were introduced in the 1980s when natural habitats were scarce, and wood duck populations were declining.