But wood ducks are notorious for what is called "dumping." Females mate, then use another hen's nest for laying. They skip nest-building and incubation, letting the designated hen take responsibility.

The wood duck drake is by far the most handsome of our American ducks followed by the pintail, a distant second. It’s always a pleasure to photograph the wood duck drake and hen when they arrive ...

A hen wood duck lands in a small marsh, a habitat typical of the species. Both male and female wood ducks demonstrate great agility in the air and on water.

As exotic as the wood duck may seem, it is a common bird in our parts. But it wasn’t always so. During the Wild West days of unregulated market hunting, the bird’s fate appeared much grimmer.

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. ... The hen pads the nest with down she plucks from her breast, laying one egg a day and 6-16 eggs total.

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.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The first thing I ever shot was a hen wood duck. I was an 18-year-old college student ...

This Texas Couple Helps Hatch Hundreds of Baby Wood Ducks Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species. ... The hen lays one egg per day over a two-week span.

Wood duck nest boxes were checked every week from late March 2022 to late July 2022. In total, 118 wood duck eggs were produced in 2022. From those 118 eggs, 55 hatched, and from those 55 ...