"A hen wood duck peeks out of the PVC nesting house designed and created by George Wellenkotter in response to loss of natural habitat, primarily oaks, used by the birds each spring to hatch clutches.

The legacy of Roger Strand continues as youth and adults gather to prepare wood duck houses in Willmar for a new season. The cleanup revealed that last year was a big one for new hatchings. Daisy ...

Grandmother Robin Kopel gives a high-five to Dawson Kopel, 3, after they finished his wood duck house during a free event at the Lake Lillian Community Center on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Special to Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter USA TODAY NETWORK – WISCONSIN The wood duck and bluebird house project headed by Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continues to ...

Maribel Sportsmen’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsmen’s Club members kicked off the wood duck and bluebird house building season for 2021. This has been an ongoing project for the two clubs since 1990.

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...

Unseasonably warm February weather fast tracked the spring duck migration in North Iowa, and I had yet to put out the wood duck welcome mat. Time to bedden those boxes. While many species pass through ...

If you were to argue that wood ducks are the most beautiful ducks on earth, you wouldn’t be wrong. They’re beauties, they just are. A recent tweet, not a quack, announced that a few of these birds had ...

You've no doubt heard the saying "it takes a village to raise a child." I know from personal experience how powerful a supportive community can be to human development. The concept also applies to ...

The wood duck and bluebird house project headed by Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continues to reach new milestones. Feb. 19, we built wood duck house No. 8,000 since the ...

If you were to argue that wood ducks are the most beautiful ducks on earth, you wouldn’t be wrong. They’re beauties, they just are. A recent tweet, not a quack, announced that a few of these birds had ...