Wood Ducks
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:48 pm
Has anyone ever seen these ducks at IR?
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I am a birder. I put up a nest box on the neighbor's small pond (less than an acre) that is surrounded by mature hardwoods. Wood Ducks havd nested there every year so far.chief54 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:57 am Yes they are but to quote the illustrious poet Billy Gibbons "woman go crazy for a sharp dressed man" These ducks have shown up on a local lake with some females and I have been capturing images of them as they go about their daily lives. Fingers are crossed that they will produce a clutch of youngsters.
Thats pretty cool, would love to see that.johnhens wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:28 amI am a birder. I put up a nest box on the neighbor's small pond (less than an acre) that is surrounded by mature hardwoods. Wood Ducks havd nested there every year so far.chief54 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:57 am Yes they are but to quote the illustrious poet Billy Gibbons "woman go crazy for a sharp dressed man" These ducks have shown up on a local lake with some females and I have been capturing images of them as they go about their daily lives. Fingers are crossed that they will produce a clutch of youngsters.
My favorite part of the wood duck nesting boxes are when the ducklings leave the nest. I've only seen video of it though.johnhens wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:28 amI am a birder. I put up a nest box on the neighbor's small pond (less than an acre) that is surrounded by mature hardwoods. Wood Ducks havd nested there every year so far.chief54 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:57 am Yes they are but to quote the illustrious poet Billy Gibbons "woman go crazy for a sharp dressed man" These ducks have shown up on a local lake with some females and I have been capturing images of them as they go about their daily lives. Fingers are crossed that they will produce a clutch of youngsters.
Thanks! We are lucky to have the little wood-duck pond behind our house. We love watching nature right from our own kitchen. Thanks for watching the videos! Hoping to have some more IR vids in 2021...2020 got cancelled for us.chief54 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:17 pm sneakymonkey, those videos are awesome. You are so lucky to have that in your back yard. We are hoping that we will have some young ones with the pair of wood ducks that are on our local lake. Here along the central coast of California it is not real common to see them, but they are around if you know where to look. Keep thoe videos coming, I loved your IR videos.