"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 late Don "Duckman" Helmeke left many waterfowling legacies, not least the wood duck nesting box he designed that lives on through the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. Recently, I picked up a ...

During the cold days of February and March, Boy Scout Troop 767, recently re-chartered by the American Legion Post 165, completed a conservation service project that involved building 10 wood duck ...

Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continue building wood duck, bluebird and bat houses. This time, we had a new junior builder with us for the first time. AJ Ganoni is one of ...

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.

Members of Maribel and Francis Creek sportsmen’s clubs are again busy this winter building wood duck and bluebird houses for the public to put out on the landscape. Manitowoc County Fish and Game ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...