Follow this step-by-step guide to making wood duck nesting boxes. It's easy to do and can make a real difference in local wood duck numbers.

The use of artificial nesting boxes, which started in the 1940s, has enabled the wood duck population to rebound.

Nesting boxes were an important factor in rebuilding wood duck numbers during the 20th century. (Steve Knight/Tyler Morning Telegraph) I got the great idea last fall to build a wood duck box for a ...

Roger Strand grew up as an avid duck hunter, but now it's April in place of October that is his favorite month of the year. He's been maintaining nesting boxes for wood ducks beginning with his ...

Rising heat levels can cause serious problems for birds in nesting boxes. Learn how to protect the feathered friends in your yard from high temperatures.

Wood duck nesting boxes perched on willow tree next to pond at Rancho Esquon near Durham in Sacramento Valley. Nesting boxes provide habitat for wood ducks, which once nested in the hollows of ...

For each type of nesting, we modelled how the use of a nest box appeared to have been influenced by its design and dimensions, plus features of the garden and environment.