A wooden nest box mounted on a pole, standing in a marsh. The box is about two feet tall, and is painted brown.

A clutch of 10 Wood Duck eggs in a bed of wood chips.

Another nesting season for #WoodDuck #AixSponsa #WODU and #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus #HOME is chugging along at Huntley Meadows Park. We have 4 boxes with clutches incubating, and eggs in another 4 boxes. Box #62 (pictured) was replaced this year […]

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An elegant brown duck with a low crest and bold white eyering paddles on a weed-laden, sun-dappled pond.

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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), 21st June 2024
es: Pato Joyuyo, fr: Canard Branchu
Union Free School District Lands, New Scotland, New York
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 30% crop, 1/400s, f/13, ISO 1250
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Nesting activity in our boxes for #HOME #HoodedMerganser #LophodytesCucullatus and #WODU #WoodDuck #AixSponsa is starting to wind down, with 7 boxes successfully fledged. But we still have 3, maybe more, boxes active.

A multicolored, rotund duck stands on a branch. Its beak is tucked under a wing, but the head is facing us and seems to be looking our way.

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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), 1st October 2022
es: Pato Joyuyo, fr: Canard Branchu
Alewife Brook Reservation, Arlington, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 800mm f/11, 20% crop, 1/200s, ISO 12800
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