Critters This Texas Couple Helps Hatch Hundreds of Baby Wood Ducks Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species.

Daredevil duckling. 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.

California Waterfowl (CWA) proudly celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2025, marking decades of unwavering commitment to ...

As hard as it may be to believe today, in the early 1900s some people feared the wood duck would go extinct. Unregulated hunting, including market hunting, and habitat loss were to blame.

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 ...

Wood duck chicks are precocial — they can move about almost immediately. About a day after hatching, the chicks are ready to leave the nest. Hordes of herons: Impressive great blue heron likely ...

Wood ducks nest seasonally in forested areas across North America from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern tier of states. ... so hatching is not completely synchronous.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources is using wood boxes to help ducks nest including in Central Georgia. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ... it takes about 28 days for them to hatch.

However, the wildlife technician added, the intended use of wood duck boxes are specifically designed for Wood Ducks. ... “Once the mother lays her eggs, it takes about 28 days for them to hatch.

Coinciding with its historic anniversary, CWA has reached a remarkable conservation milestone: the hatching of the 1 millionth wood duck through the California Wood Duck Program.