Comments on: Wood Ducks

By: sven

sven — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:22:01 +0000

The baby geese are getting big around Yardley, PA too. While I have not seen wood ducks this year yet, when ZoÃ« 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.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:27:17 +0000

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

By: sven

sven — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:39:18 +0000

Thanks for your post, now that ZoÃ« is almost two we should have more time looking.

By: Shirley Duis

Shirley Duis — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:25:07 +0000

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.