Wood Ducks
About once a week Zoë and I where taking a stroll along the Delaware Canal, usually the only waterfowl we see is Canadian geese and mallard ducks; all kinds of them all over the place. A couple of weeks ago I thought we saw a wood duck couple, but I was not quite sure. So, a week ago when Zoë and I went out I took the opera spectacles Brendan gave me for being in his wedding party. No duck, no luck.
This morning Zoë and I went out, while I forgot the spectacles, they remembered to come along as they where still on the perambulator. Before I reached the canal I saw the couple hiding in the trees, after using the spectacles I was sure. I tried to show Zoë, she didn’t notice. The couple flew away. A few hundrad yards down the canal, a lone male wood duck was swimming. What luck! Perhaps next time I will take the camera too.
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This is the first time I have been to your web site, I read your post from last year regarding the Wood ducks. We are blessed each year with 2-4 pair of wood ducks in late winter early spring. We live on a river in southwest MI. They feed in our back yard, by the river. We also have large amounts of mallards and canadian geese. I hope you will be able to see the ducks again this year, they are gorgeous, but very timid.
Comment by Shirley Duis — March 29, 2006 @ 23:25 GMT
Thanks for your post, now that Zoë is almost two we should have more time looking.
Comment by sven — March 31, 2006 @ 16:39 GMT
I live in Tomahawk WI. I have a five 70 feet from my house. I put corn out all year round for duck, geese and dear. This year there is a pair of wood ducks that have been hanging around. Last year we only seen 1 pair just for about 3 days. I think this might be the same pair. We did put out a wood duck house, and they did check it out. What I need to know is when do wood ducks start laying eggs. We have had a very nice April this year. We do have baby geese already. That is a first, because we always have baby ducks before the geese. When do wood ducks start sitting on eggs? Tomahawk is in central WI. They say these wood ducks are shy, but they know that I feed them, so they don’t fly away when I’m throwing out corn every morning. The wild geese with their babies, don’t mind me either. Matter of fact, The geese will eat out of my hands. I have been putting corn out since I moved here 10 years ago. All the ducks and geese know they are safe in my yard, even during duck season. I laugh, because the duck hunters can’t get the ducks and geese to leave my yard. 3 years ago, a bunch of duck hunters tried to make some kind of drive to get the birds out of my yard. I called the DNR. I also went out there and I put the fear of God into the hunters, and they never tried shooting my birds again, nor do they drive theie boats past my yard. In the fall I can have over 100 geese in my yard. The grass grows so nice back there too!
Thank you, Colleen
Comment by Colleen — May 9, 2006 @ 14:27 GMT
The baby geese are getting big around Yardley, PA too. While I have not seen wood ducks this year yet, when Zoë and I where taking a walk along the Delaware Cannel and I spotted two mallards mating. I’m hopping that wood ducks are on a similar schedule, just a little more private.
Comment by sven — May 10, 2006 @ 14:22 GMT