While hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for the upcoming nesting season, ensuring that species like the wood duck continue to thrive. At the Rum ...

The primary culprits in the wood duck decline were unregulated hunting and habitat loss. But from this low point the "village" – including enlightened hunters – started to exert its positive ...

The rest were wood ducks and teal. Teal ... The squeeze on wildlife habitat underscores the need for high-quality habitat in the southern part of the Mississippi Flyway. Today's duck hunters ...

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 ...

Part of that is because natural nesting sites have improved in prime habitat enough to sustain the wood duck population, and better than would occur with boxes. But there is also a human factor ...

“The wood ducks have made an amazing recovery due to ... Nest box programs increase public awareness of the interrelationships of habitat preservation and wildlife survival, according to the ...

McLean Nature Preserve will host a Wood Duck program at 3 p.m. on Sunday ... The program will include information about installation and habitat options and participants will take a guided ...

The male wood duck has an iridescent “slicked-back” crest, red eyes, a bill striped with yellow, red, white and black, a ...

Pistorino, a senior, is one of several agri-science students who took part in a waterfowl habitat project earlier ... built and installed houses for wood duck and hen tubes for mallards.

The particular focus will be on wood duck habitat and all that’s involved in maintenance of wood duck nesting boxes. A hike on the farm’s nature trail along the Maiden Creek replacing nesting ...