Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...

Wood ducks are known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds — an act known as brood parasitism Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...

HORICON – On this mid-February day, Horicon Marsh was locked in ice and covered with snow. Not a bird or mammal stirred in sight. But the conditions were perfect to open some of the marsh's secrets.

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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 -- ...

On a recent kayaking adventure into the McCarthy Wildlife Management Area, I scared up a few wood ducks that made their signature screeching calls as they flew up ahead of me. It momentarily reminded ...

If you travel to remote ponds in New Hampshire you may see a small colorful bird that was once threatened with extinction.The wood duck loves to find remote ponds where they will breed and raise ...

A final report for 2023 at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve shows that more wood duck eggs are being laid and more of those eggs are hatching. The information bears out earlier studies, which showed a ...