Wood ducks

[JNRBRONC]

The wood ducks like to nest in hollow oak trees in the farmyard. The old oak log I dropped and posted in another thread (Walnut) had a hole in it, but so does another oak that is still alive. Hopefully they will use the standing oak again, have in the past.

Not a bad pic taken with my iPhone through the glass window of the car.

 

[tracker]

We had some when we first purchased our property, were around for about 4 springs then never saw them again. It was pretty neat to see them up there

 

[Hawk32]

They are a beautiful bird. I have had them in here around my house at times as well

 

[Sligh1]

Was with Marty who is member here on his place. Tons of wood ducks & even an eagle nesting. He mentioned adding wood ducks boxes. I need to dig into that more & see how much to do those or how helpful they r. I’m clueless on that stuff.

 

[Bucksnbears]

Was with Marty who is member here on his place. Tons of wood ducks & even an eagle nesting. He mentioned adding wood ducks boxes. I need to dig into that more & see how much to do those or how helpful they r. I’m clueless on that stuff.

Wood duck houses are a fun project.
There are a couple things that are super important though.
Hole size, roughed up interior so the chick's have a way to climb up n out.
Cool Pic JNR. Woodies arriving are almost 100% true sign of spring.
They taste damn good in the fall also.

 

[Pops]

Was with Marty who is member here on his place. Tons of wood ducks & even an eagle nesting. He mentioned adding wood ducks boxes. I need to dig into that more & see how much to do those or how helpful they r. I’m clueless on that stuff.

I had one wood duck house that was successful last year. I added two more and am hoping for success with them.
I also have 4 bluebird houses. Most of my bird houses are visible from my porch overlooking my pond and a small plot. Great viewing at sunrise with coffee. It’s all good.

 

[jkratz5]

Was with Marty who is member here on his place. Tons of wood ducks & even an eagle nesting. He mentioned adding wood ducks boxes. I need to dig into that more & see how much to do those or how helpful they r. I’m clueless on that stuff.

They work really well, just do a little homework on the details. Ducks unlimited use to have a nice tutorial on builds

 

[Windwalker]

Surprised that raccoons haven’t wiped them out