My husband and I have three wood duck nesting boxes on our property. Every spring the wood ducks fly in our valley in search of a place to nest. Our nesting boxes take the place of their natural habitat of tree cavities. The nest box you are seeing is our nest box #2 which is only about 15 feet from our bedroom window. It is such a wonderful treat to watch the female fly into the box to lay her eggs while the male is perched on the tree limb standing guard for any danger. The female will lay one egg everyday for a total of about 10 to 12 eggs. Due to an early spring the ducks are about one month early this year. We already have renters in box #1 and lookers for box #2. Sunday morning they were checking out the living quarters before taking occupancy. She should return soon to begin laying her eggs. Box #1 already has eggs! After the female (aka Hannah) left, my husband climbed up to box #1 and took these great pictures.
If you would like to learn more about wood ducks, check out these sites:
www.nwbackyardbirder.blogspot.com/2009/05/at-pond-wood-duck.html
Another thing that makes me smile!
Enjoy the day.
mother hen
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