A female wood duck is an overall gray with some blue and purple wing markings, a white eye ring, brown eyes and a duller bill. During courtship, a male wood duck raises its regal crest, containing ...

“Female wood ducks will lay eggs in multiple nests nearby. The nest owner will incubate them with her brood and raise them as if they were her own. ...

The female lines the chosen nest site with down feathers from her body. Wood duck males are quite faithful during the formation of a clutch, but males may mate with other females when the first ...

As exotic as the wood duck may seem, it is a common bird in our parts. But it wasn’t always so. During the Wild West days of unregulated market hunting, the bird’s fate appeared much grimmer.

Mid-June, and a few days ago we saw a wood duck with two tiny chicks on Moose Lake. Another female with two fluffy ones came through my home pond, going downstream. That’s always fun. But it got ...

One of the most colorful birds at Wildlife Recovery Association's Little Swamp Sanctuary is the wood duck. Wood ducks stand out from other duck species in a couple ways. These ducks never quack ...

A male Wood duck is spotted earlier this month with his new female Mallard in Central Park, and the two are reportedly finding love. David Barrett of Manhattan Bird Alert ...

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, Wood duck nest boxes – a traditional bird ...

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. To stream 13WMAZ on your phone ...

A female wood duck is seen walking around the forest floor when something suddenly drops onto the ground, video shared Aug. 7 by Minnesota Fish & Wildlife shows. And then there’s another flash ...

The wood duck is one of seven species of North American ducks that regularly nest in natural cavities. The others are the hooded and common mergansers, common and Barrow’s goldeneyes, bufflehead ...