Wood ducks prefer to nest in tree cavities alongside lakes or rivers and in the shallow backwaters. But they will nest almost anywhere they find the right set-up. The oddest location I ever saw a ...

and wood duck populations were declining. “Somebody came up with this nesting structure, and they found out it worked really well,” Frank says. Each box is designed to mimic natural tree ...

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

This week's outdoors report has the latest on an annual effort to provide wood duck & bluebird houses to conservation-minded people.