Duck boxes provide vital nesting sites for wood ducks and other cavity-nesting species, combating habitat loss and protecting them from predators. Learn why they're crucial.

Q. What kind of ducks lay eggs in the boxes I see installed on trees and poles around lakes and reservoirs? And what is the purpose of the large silver-colored cones installed between the nesting box ...

Winter is the time of year to clean up or put up wood duck boxes in appropriate locations along fresh water areas. Provided/Kathy Hare Photo Provided/Terri Bowman A conical metal baffle, or predator ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

Put out a wood box for a wood duck and about a month later, you may get wood ducklings. That's what you want. Or you may get European starling chicks or little English sparrows. That's not what you ...

The wood duck is the most important species to South Carolina waterfowl enthusiasts and is the only duck whose production habitat can effectively be managed throughout all geographic regions of the ...