Wood Duck Description:

43-51 cm, juvenile resembles female, but with streaked and mottled brown belly

Wood Duck Habitat:

Freshwater swamps, marshes, pools, lakes, and slowly-flowing rivers surrounded by deciduous forest.

Wood Duck Diet:

In the wild they eat acorns, nuts, seeds, aquatic plants

Wood Duck Life Cycle:

Breeding season begins in February and ends in April. In the southern parts of their range, 2 broods are sometimes hatched. They nest in tree cavities lined with down. Incubates 9-15 eggs for approximately 30 days. Chicks have are colored dark gray-brown above, and dull yellowish below. Fledging takes place in about 60 days and they mature in 1 year.

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