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 ...

“The mated couples inspect old woodpecker holes, tree cavities and wood duck boxes for a nesting spot,” Berlinghof said. “Typically, the male will perch nearby while the female tips her head ...

The females are pretty cool, too, in the classically understated way of female birds. The wood duck is one of seven species of North American ducks that regularly nest in natural cavities.

Frank is helping in leading efforts to maintain dozens of duck boxes around Lake Juliette. These simple yet essential structures provide female wood ducks with safe spaces to nest and raise their ...

A wood duck and two chicks share a tender-looking moment. Female wood ducks are identifiable by their iridescent blue and purple wing feathers and white eye ring. Tammy Kokjohn / Audubon ...

I have a wood duck nesting box near a pond ... in the water below the box and calls to them, so if you see a female duck doing this, you will soon see the ducklings emerge. Q: I had hummingbirds ...

As is usual with waterfowl, the female is much more muted. She has her own charms, though, just not the over-the-top gaudiness of the male. As exotic as the wood duck may seem, it is a common bird ...

A female Wood Duck incubates her eggs. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...