The general public can apply to hunt on Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) for Duck and Quail through October 15. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources manages these WMA’s for outdoor ...

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 ...

Wood ducks and a handful of other species of waterfowl are cavity nesters. Buffleheads, common goldeneyes, common mergansers and hooded mergansers are other duck species that nest in tree cavities, ...

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 ...

News Photo by Kayla Wikaryasz Kyle Greer, chairman of the Sunrise Side Chapter of Delta Waterfowl (Delta), is seen in his boat preparing to install a wood duck nesting box. Volunteers installed 12 hen ...

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

As a duck hunter, Bart Tegen, has put up wood duck boxes for years. “Just knowing that, in northern Wisconsin, we don't have a lot of migrating waterfowls, so we need to produce our own,” said Tegen.

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 ...

James Davis and Jim Abrams banding wood ducks in Hancock County, Ohio. (Submitted photo) One of the jobs I always enjoyed as a game protector for the Division of Wildlife was placing and maintaining ...

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. GOP leaders eye new stopgap spending ...