Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Male: Gorgeous duck with intricate plumage: green, crested head.Chestnut breast and other bold markings.
Female: Warm brown plumage with grayer, slighty crested head. White teardrop around the eye.White also along the edge of dark blue speculum patch in the wings.
Wood Ducks have a unique shape among ducks a boxy, crested head. A thin neck also a long broad tail.
Unlike most waterfowl, Wood Ducks perch and nest in trees and are comfortable flying through woods.
Wood ducks are named because they nest in tree cavities. Also they are found in wooded swamps and woodlands near ponds, rivers, and streams.
They do not mate for life . They form new bonds each season.
They eat variety of fruits, and nuts, aquatic plants and seeds, aquatic insects , and other invertebrates.
The wood duck is known as a dabbing duck.
Male: Gorgeous duck with intricate plumage: green, crested head.Chestnut breast and other bold markings.
Female: Warm brown plumage with grayer, slighty crested head. White teardrop around the eye.White also along the edge of dark blue speculum patch in the wings.
Wood Ducks have a unique shape among ducks a boxy, crested head. A thin neck also a long broad tail.
Unlike most waterfowl, Wood Ducks perch and nest in trees and are comfortable flying through woods.
Wood ducks are named because they nest in tree cavities. Also they are found in wooded swamps and woodlands near ponds, rivers, and streams.
They do not mate for life . They form new bonds each season.
They eat variety of fruits, and nuts, aquatic plants and seeds, aquatic insects , and other invertebrates.
The wood duck is known as a dabbing duck.
