Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smith: Wood duck nest box program gets new wind beneath its wings

You've no doubt heard the saying "it takes a village to raise a child." I know from personal experience how powerful a supportive community can be to human development. The concept also applies to ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Boxed In: Properly placed and maintained duck nesting boxes help build populations

I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a friend’s ranch. Well, you know how that went, one became four and then eight on three different lakes. I was replacing some boxes that had ...
Yahoo

Duck boxes offer a lifeline to wood ducks and other cavity-nesting birds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you decide to build your own or purchase a duck boxes help address habitat loss for cavity-nesting duck species. Nic Bray, ...
WMAZ

Georgia's wood ducks thrive as nesting box efforts soar. Here's how they work

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — December marks Georgia’s hunting season for various game animals, including ducks. While hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for ...
Star Tribune

Afield: A predator-safe way to install wood duck nesting boxes

BRAINERD, MINN. — Minnesotans with eyes and ears toward the outdoors likely know about the recent passing of Don (Duckman) Helmeke. Duckman had a passion for waterfowl -- in particular wood ducks -- ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Ask the Master Naturalist: Certain ducks benefit greatly from nesting boxes

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 ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smith: Nest boxes help ducks hatch and assist students with lessons of wetland ecology

Leap Day is recognized Feb. 29 about every four years to keep human schedules and solar movements in sync. But leap days occur annually throughout May in Wisconsin thanks to an army of conservation ...
nptelegraph

Building nesting boxes for Wood Ducks

The Wood Duck is considered by many to be the most beautiful duck in North America. The male in its beautiful, iridescent plumage is one of the most fascinating birds around. While less showy, the ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird conservation project

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 ...
Yahoo

Nest boxes, game laws bring wood duck back from brink of extinction

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...
Post and Courier

Winter is prime time for South's "summer duck"

Condo cleanup time Even though it’s still early winter, now is the time for Lowcountry residents in appropriate settings to install wood duck boxes and for those who have existing ones to clean out ...