Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still putting them up today.

Duck boxes provide vital nesting sites for wood ducks and other cavity-nesting species, combating habitat loss and protecting ...

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 -- ...

After hiking up the valley to visit his mother on the family’s land near Muscoda on March 31, Al Cornell glanced out a window and spotted a male wood duck perched in a tree about 100 feet away. The ...

Braving the cold of winter, volunteers build boxes to help wood ducks nest and hatch their young in spring.

They may have a ho-hum name, but the wood duck can easily be described as the dandy of the duck world. Nature went all out when it created this multicolored perching duck, complete with bright red ...