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 ...

Wood ducks usually start to pair up in early February ... The hen waddles out first, showing the way. Then each baby climbs up using a hook on its bill. Once it’s at the opening, it doesn ...

It was proof that the concept worked, and baby wood ducks have been leaping safely out of nesting boxes since. Today, you can still boost the local population of woodies—and even the regional ...

Fidino calls ducks “an astounding species.” “When they’re born,” he said, “they know how to forage, how to swim.” A baby wood duck can drop straight out of a tree and head straight ...

The bird was a baby, but it certainly didn’t belong to the bird of prey. Wolf figured the duckling belong to a wood duck that she saw three to four weeks earlier. 10 Animal Moms Who Stepped Up ...

At least eight baby wood ducks were saved from a storm drain near 7th Street and 15th Avenue in East Moline and reunited with their mother Monday afternoon after they were found by a Quad City ...

She added, "If you have ever seen a simple birdhouse on a pole in the middle of a pond or wetland, it could likely be a wood duck nest box and might even have baby ducklings inside." Today ...

It is baby season at the sanctuary ... Kight said. Maybelline is a wood duck who is about 1 year old. She has a fun, bubbly personality. She follows humans around like a puppy dog and will ...

— Officials worked to rescue eight baby wood ducks out of a sewer drain at the corner of East Broadway and New Union Street here Tuesday, after the ducklings wandered into the street and fell ...