Stock Images by highmountainphoto 2 / 6 Ducks on the Frozen Fusine Lake - Italy Stock Photos by catalby 1 / 9 Colorado river Stock Photography by kamchatka 6 / 61 winter landscape Stock Image by Enjoylife 1 / 60 Tetons Reflecton Stock Photo by Keifer 1 / 82 Alps lake with birds Stock Photography by chaoss 5 / 524 Canadian Lake at Sunset Stock Photography by sprokop 2 / 32 Seagull silhouettes Stock Photo by AslanTopcu 24 / 4,360 images with fantastic landscape of lake Como - collage, Italy Europe Stock Photography by mkistryn 2 / 190 Duck Pond at Keystone Resort Stock Photos by Cwposters 1 / 87 Eibsee lake, Germany Stock Photo by dimol 1 / 22 Lake McGregor in New Zealand Stock Images by GraceThang 1 / 8 Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy Picture by lachris77 1 / 49 California Lifestyle Stock Photo by EuToch 1 / 78 Panorama of Geese. Fuji Stock Image by shirophoto 3 / 36 22 puppy dogs in a row Stock Photo by ESIGHT 87 / 2,462 Duck Lake - Yellowstone NP Pictures by Wirepec 3 / 45 Duck Lake - Yellowstone NP Stock Photography by Wirepec 2 / 17 Duck Lake Yellowstone National Park Stock Photo by Wirepec 1 / 23 Geneva between lake and mountains - Switzerland Stock Image by LeonidAndronov 3 / 29 Forest scene with various animals 3 Stock Image by clairev 4 / 787 a river, a bench and ducks Stock Photography by colematt 5 / 509 Colorado Stock Photography by kamchatka 3 / 13 Hunter in vintage hunting clothing with old gun Stock Image by NomadSoul1 2 / 62 Lake on Himalaya Stock Photo by doimogoju 2 / 10 Jeep Pictures by kamchatka 5 / 106 Ducks Picture by Binkski 2 / 185 Mountain Duck Logo Design Vector Stock Photo by DuckOn06 0 / 0 Forest scene with various animals 4 Stock Photo by clairev 7 / 2,571 Campsite Picture by joyfull 4 / 53 Lake Ginninderra Belconnen Canberra Stock Image by mickmiller 1 / 9 Molas lake and Needle mountains, Weminuche wilderness, Colorado Stock Photography by donyanedomam 5 / 67 Rustic Old Log Cabin Stock Photography by sprokop 1 / 116 China rural scenery of Yangshou Stock Image by jjspring 3 / 57 sun setting over a reflective lake Stock Photo by digidreamgrafix 1 / 53 Geese in flight. 1 brood per year in north, often 2 in south.Duck Stock Photographs by kamchatka 2 / 28 mallard duck flying emblem Stock Images by Tribalium 3 / 357 mountain hike activities Stock Photo by ngadino 11 / 773 Duck and the River Picture by welcomia 2 / 17 Duck floating in lake at Mt. Young are tended by females for 5-6 weeks, capable of flight at about 8-9 weeks. Clinging with sharp claws and bracing with tails, young climb to cavity entrance, jump to ground. 1 brood per year in north, often 2 in south.ĭucklings remain in nest until morning after hatching. Young: ducklings remain in nest until morning after hatching. Incubation is by female only, 25-35 days. Females frequently lay eggs in each others' nests, sometimes in 'dump nests' where no incubation ever takes place. Also in open marshes within generally forested country.įorages in water by taking food from surface, submerging head and neck, occasionally up-ending also by walking on land.ĩ-14, sometimes 6-15. Often in places where large trees overhang the water, creating shady conditions.

Favors shallow inland lakes, ponds, slow-moving rivers, swamps, mainly those surrounded by deciduous or mixed woodland. In recent years, apparently has been expanding range in north and west. Legal protection and provision of nest boxes helped recovery many thousands of nest boxes now occupied by Wood Ducks in U.S. Main cause of decline probably loss of nest sites due to cutting of large trees, combined with hunting pressure. Conservation statusĮarly in 20th century, species was thought to be threatened with extinction. Its recovery to healthy numbers was an early triumph of wildlife management.

Abundant in eastern North America in Audubon's time, the Wood Duck population declined seriously during the late 19th century because of hunting and loss of nesting sites. Beautiful and unique, this duck of woodland ponds and river swamps has no close relatives, except for the Mandarin Duck of eastern Asia.

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