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.
- 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.
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NDC has a few groups managing different areas of the delta to encompass about 300 boxes.
- Number of Wood Duck Hatched / Yearly Totals
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 2015 206 1163 2016 240 1147 2017 223 1536 2018 172 1229 2019 224 1352 2020 264 1739 2021 180 1049 2022 233 1207 2023 208 1194 2024 187 1462 Total 35,870
- Number of Wood Duck Hatched / Yearly Totals
- Volunteers:
- Volunteers are welcomed. Please contact project coordinators.
- Volunteers are welcomed. Please contact project coordinators.
- Wood Duck Nesting Box Project Coordinators:
- John Erickson (916) 421-8732
- Tom Uslan (916) 270-5737
