Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- HABITAT - Wood Ducks live in wooded wetlands, rivers, streams, lake and river edges. The prefer areas with good cover such as downed trees, alder, willow, and buttonbush.
- DIET - Plants make up about 90 percent of the Wood Duck’s diet. When aquatic foods is scarce. they may take to dry land to eat acorns and other nuts from forests and corn and other grain from fields.
- FACTS - Wood Ducks nest in tree cavities. The cavity can be natural or a hole abandoned by a woodpecker. They prefer trees that hang over water or are close to the water. Trees with cavities are becoming rarer and rarer with wetland loss and competition from other species. If they cannot find a tree cavity, wood ducks will readily use nest boxes built by people.
Wood Duck GALLERY
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