McCormac also said that wood ducks benefited from the return to Ohio of the beaver, whose dams form woodland ponds that create a perfect habitat for the fowl. Wood ducks are 15 to 20 inches long.

Widespread destruction of forested wetlands critical to fostering wood ducks was the major culprit in declines. The disappearance of beaver, which created great habitat, and unregulated ...

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 ...

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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 ...

According to the Minnesota DNR, the wood duck was almost extinct because of habitat loss, but management efforts, including these artificial nest boxes, have restored the breeding wood duck ...

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 ...

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.

On this continent, I would look no further than the male wood duck as my model for beauty, as a more handsome bird doesn’t exist here. There are some competitors and everyone has their favorite ...