Project Description:
- The Wood Duck Nesting Program has been in operation since 1994. Wood ducks are unique that they nest in trees instead of on the ground like other ducks. Wooden boxes are placed on trees and poles, usually 10-12 feet off the ground, to provide Wood duck hens a place to nest. Boxes are monitored bi-weekly during the season, roughly March to July, banding new hens, recording old hens bands, and counting eggs and hatchings. NDC’s Wood Duck boxes help hatch approximately 1600 wood ducks each year. (what do, differ groups)
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NDC has a few groups managing different areas of the delta to encompass about 350 boxes. The following groups include NDC crew with 300 boxes from Stone Lakes to Twin Cites Rd, Tom Uslan crew, and Clarksburg Boy Scouts crew.
- Number of Wood Duck Hatched
Year
Boxes
Hatched
2000
90
328
2001
205
902
2002
250
1029
2003
250
1440
2004
275
1347
2005
300
1517
2006
300
1611
2007
300
1753
2008
300
1906
2009
300
1569
2010
300
1896
2011
300
2360
2012
300
1766
2013
300
1696
2014
300
1672
Total
22,792
- Volunteers:
- Volunteers are welcomed. Please contact program coordinator.
- Yearly Totals:
- Wood Duck Nesting Box Project Coordinator:
- John Erickson (916) 421-8732

- The Wood Duck Nesting Program has been in operation since 1994. Wood ducks are unique that they nest in trees instead of on the ground like other ducks. Wooden boxes are placed on trees and poles, usually 10-12 feet off the ground, to provide Wood duck hens a place to nest. Boxes are monitored bi-weekly during the season, roughly March to July, banding new hens, recording old hens bands, and counting eggs and hatchings. NDC’s Wood Duck boxes help hatch approximately 1600 wood ducks each year. (what do, differ groups)
NDC has a few groups managing different areas of the delta to encompass about 350 boxes. The following groups include NDC crew with 300 boxes from Stone Lakes to Twin Cites Rd, Tom Uslan crew, and Clarksburg Boy Scouts crew.
- Number of Wood Duck Hatched
Year Boxes Hatched 2000 90 328 2001 205 902 2002 250 1029 2003 250 1440 2004 275 1347 2005 300 1517 2006 300 1611 2007 300 1753 2008 300 1906 2009 300 1569 2010 300 1896 2011 300 2360 2012 300 1766 2013 300 1696 2014 300 1672 Total 22,792
- Volunteers are welcomed. Please contact program coordinator.
- John Erickson (916) 421-8732