"A hen wood duck peeks out of the PVC nesting house designed and created by George Wellenkotter in response to loss of natural habitat, primarily oaks, used by the birds each spring to hatch clutches.

The late Don "Duckman" Helmeke left many waterfowling legacies, not least the wood duck nesting box he designed that lives on through the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. Recently, I picked up a ...

Roger Strand, left, and Troy Heck examine the contents just removed from a wood duck nesting house near the Flags of Honor memorial in Willmar on April 8, 2023. They were part of a group of volunteers ...

Through the years of making wood duck houses, I have heard of many things taking over the house. Other species of ducks, blue jays, bees, mice and the occasional owl are examples. Larry and Amy ...

Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continue building wood duck, bluebird and bat houses. This time, we had a new junior builder with us for the first time. AJ Ganoni is one of ...

Grandmother Robin Kopel gives a high-five to Dawson Kopel, 3, after they finished his wood duck house during a free event at the Lake Lillian Community Center on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Manitowoc County Fish & Game donated $500 to two local youth trap shooting programs and $2,000 to a wood duck and bluebird ...

The wood duck and bluebird house project headed by Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continues to reach new milestones. Feb. 19, we built wood duck house No. 8,000 since the ...

If you were to argue that wood ducks are the most beautiful ducks on earth, you wouldn’t be wrong. They’re beauties, they just are. A recent tweet, not a quack, announced that a few of these birds had ...