WMAZ

Georgia's wood ducks thrive as nesting box efforts soar. Here's how they work

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — December marks Georgia’s hunting season for various game animals, including ducks. While hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for ...
Idaho State Journal

Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird conservation project

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...
mlive

Wood duck comeback: How a simple idea saved a species in Michigan and beyond

Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still ...
Woodland Daily Democrat

Cache Creek Conservancy’s Wood duck nest boxes a moderate success

The wood duck breeding season at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve was considered a “moderate success despite receding water levels, according to a new study done by Harnawaz Boparai and provided to the ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Ask the Master Naturalist: Certain ducks benefit greatly from nesting boxes

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...
Yahoo

Nest boxes, game laws bring wood duck back from brink of extinction

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...
Woodland Daily Democrat

Wood ducks doing well at Cache Creek Nature Preserve

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 ...
Star Tribune

Afield: A predator-safe way to install wood duck nesting boxes

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...
Yahoo

Duck boxes offer a lifeline to wood ducks and other cavity-nesting birds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you decide to build your own or purchase a duck boxes help address habitat loss for cavity-nesting duck species. Nic Bray, ...
nptelegraph

Building nesting boxes for Wood Ducks

The Wood Duck is considered by many to be the most beautiful duck in North America. The male in its beautiful, iridescent plumage is one of the most fascinating birds around. While less showy, the ...
katc

Public asked to be aware of bands and web-tags on wood ducks this fall and winter

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 ...