Mid-June, and a few days ago we saw a wood duck with two tiny chicks on Moose Lake. Another female with two fluffy ones came through my home pond, going downstream. That’s always fun. But it got ...

A hen will nest in a hole in a tree or a man-made wood duck box made of short boards and posted in or near shallow water. She will lay eight to 12 white eggs in her nest. When the ducklings hatch ...

When nesting, a female wood duck waits until she has laid all her eggs before incubating them. She will incubate six to 12 eggs for about 30 days.