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Wood Duck - Range
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Range
The wood ducks' range extends on the east coast from Nova Scotia west to the
north central U.S. and south to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Birds nesting in
New England winter in the Atlantic states from the Carolinas southward.
Midwestern wood ducks winter in the area extending from Georgia west to Texas.
On the west coast, the wood ducks' range extends from British Columbia south to
the Mexican border. Upper west coast wood ducks will winter in southern
California and the Mexican Pacific coast. Southern breeding wood ducks are
year-round residents. Fall migration generally begins in October and extends
into November. Spring migration occurs during March and April. Wood ducks
migrate either in pairs or in small flocks. Wood ducks respond well to habitat
protection and restoration activities, and breeding pairs are increasing use of
suitable habitat outside traditional breeding areas.
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Heartwood Wood Duck Joy Box Birdhouse
John James Audubon did some of his most famous bird drawings as he explored on foot along the Natchez Trace, which happens to be located near Star, Mississippi, where we design and make all our Heartwood homes. While birding has come a long way since Audubon's time, today with our four-season nesting boxes and basic homes, you don't need to go to anywhere to enjoy all manner of wonderful bird life flocking to your door. Discreet complements to any landscape, these hardy havens are convenient, long lasting and beautiful-the picture perfect start to your life in birding!
Season after season, this delightful nesting box is a joy to behold and a breeze to maintain thanks to easy twist latch and slide-front panel that also inverts for winter roosting. So easy to use, so easy to love, it turns birding into child's play! Rugged construction features 13/16" solid cypress and headed ring shank stainless steel nails. Dimensions: 11" x 12" x 24 1/2"; 4" hole
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Coveside Bufflehead Duck House
The Bufflehead, with its striking white sides and
white patch on its head, is smaller than most cavity nesting
ducks.Dependent on nest boxes, this house is ideal due to the scarcity of holes
excavated by a large woodpecker or flicker. RANGE: Breeds in Alaska east to
western Quebec, and south in mountains to Washington and Montana. Winters in
southern U.S., south to Mexico, Gulf Coast and northern Florida. HABITAT:
Nests on wooded lakes and ponds; winters mainly on salt bays and
estuaries. (17-3/4"h x 9-1/4"w x 11"d)
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Coveside Common Merganser Duck House
This
house provides a perfect nest box for mergansers that normally nest in tree
cavities. Positioning a house on a pole in the open water
provides extra protection from predators. RANGE: Breeds
across Canada from eastern Alaska, Manitoba and Newfoundland south in mountains
to California, northern New Mexico, Great Lakes and northern New England.
Winters south to northern Mexico and Georgia; also in
Eurasia. HABITAT: Breeds on wooded rivers and ponds; winters
mainly on lakes and rivers, occasionally on salt water. (24-1/4"h x 11"w x 13"d)
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Coveside Small Wood Duck House
"Dump
nesting" occurs when a number of females lay eggs in a single house, which
sometimes results in clutches with over 70 eggs.
Mississippi State University did a study of Wood Ducks in
an effort to reduce this problem. A smaller nest box was designed and "dump
nesting" was reduced. Although fewer ducklings are fledged from each box, the
survival rate is improved and the cost per fledgling is less. This box comes
with a wire ladder and nesting chips, and the front opens for observation and
cleaning. RANGE: Breeds from British Columbia south to
California, and from Montana east to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas and
Florida; absent from Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Winters near Pacific
Coast north to Washington, and to New Jersey in East, rarely further
north. HABITAT: Nests beside wooded rivers and ponds. Visits
freshwater marshes in late summer and fall. (17"h
x 7-1/2"w x 15"d)
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Coveside Wood Hooded Merganser Duck House
Coveside's Wood Duck House opens two ways for
observation and cleaning, and has an internal ladder for the duckings to climb
out. Mother calls ducklings to the protection of the open
water at age one day. RANGE: Breeds from British Columbia
south to California, and from Montana east to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas
and Florida; absent from Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Winters near Pacific
Coast north to Washington, and to New Jersey in East, rarely further north.
HABITAT: Nests beside wooded rivers and ponds. Visits
freshwater marshes in late summer and fall. (24-1/4"h x 11"w x 15"d)
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