as well as 25 unhatched wood duck and hooded merganser eggs. On top of all this was a feathery nest made by tree swallows. The multiple nests in one box is common, Bahls said. The unhatched eggs ...

I can never settle on the best way to describe the Hooded Merganser. You know the old ... They will also use rock crevices and Wood Duck boxes, as well. They prefer to nest close to water.

As you might know, wood ducks and a select few other duck ... eggs for 30 days, give or take a day. This year Bahls timed it perfectly for a box near his home. On May 13 he saw the hen hooded ...

Answer: The hooded merganser, another beautiful duck, also benefits from the nesting box designed for wood ducks ... as Heidi and Hilde as they lay their eggs, incubate them, and finally introduce ...

Wood duck eggs typically hatch after 28 to 32 days ... In previous years, three boxes held two nestings, one wood duck, one hooded merganser. I have since learned (thanks to Google) that more ...

Some birder friends of mine have longed to find a smew. They are the Warings, and they have talked about it a lot. Actually, I’d like to see one, too. The name alone is inviting, almost mythical ...

Hooded mergansers are also cavity nesters like wood ducks so old cottonwood and ... above the ground where she can lay from six to 12 eggs. She does not start incubating the eggs until her clutch ...

Little River National Wildlife Refuge: Habitat conditions are fair/good; duck numbers are fair: mallards (850); gadwall (1425); wigeon (200); hooded merganser (55) and wood duck (655). No geese ...

On March 9 I received an email from Mary asking for help identifying a duck that her son had seen ... The photo was of a male hooded merganser — a striking bird that is not all that uncommon ...

The hooded merganser drake is a handsome bird and kind ... species are more conspicuous about their nest locations. Think wood duck in this instance. Like wood ducks, hooded mergansers leave ...

I am on my way home, but as I pass this pond, I am stopped by the startling and contrasting colors of a small duck. A male hooded ... hoody merganser needs a deeper body of water than wood ...