Wood Ducks

[Dano]

Our Wood Duck nesting project is in full swing now and results are happening earlier than last year!
We put out trail cams on some of the nests and use cell phones to take interior pictures.

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http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa264/Canso_Dan/image_zpsdbzy0kdm.jpeg~original

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[longwalk]

Very nice!

[WesHarm]

Very cool!!

[Ride Red]

Great to see. I've had a pair around my pond for years now, just need a new box as the winter took it out. Do you have proper dimensions for me?

[Dano]

Ours are on the small side. Just 8" wide sides.
Buddy got plans off the internet, then we scrounge up plywood scraps and pass them to Pitt Meadows Secondays where the students build most of our boxes!
We have close to 70 out now.
Just do a search for Wood duck box plans and you'll see plenty of options. Pick one easy to clean out.
We'll be replacing a lot of ours with cedar boxes next year and ease of cleaning will be a big factor on what plan we use.

[Ride Red]

Ours are on the small side. Just 8" wide sides.
Buddy got plans off the internet, then we scrounge up plywood scraps and pass them to Pitt Meadows Secondays where the students build most of our boxes!
We have close to 70 out now.
Just do a search for Wood duck box plans and you'll see plenty of options. Pick one easy to clean out.
We'll be replacing a lot of ours with cedar boxes next year and ease of cleaning will be a big factor on what plan we use.

Sounds good. Mine was looking ratty a few years back now, but they didn't mind.

[Ride Red]

For anyone interested;

http://www.ducks.ca/assets/2016/01/duckbox.pdf

[Ride Red]

Well Dano, I was inspired by your post. Went out to the shop tonight and built a new nesting box and will install tomorrow. Hopefully not too late.

[swamper]

Beautiful birds. Job well done.

[Whonnock Boy]

That's great! I'm hoping the ones placed along the highway between Maple Ridge and Mission have some birds in them this year.

[Surrey Boy]

Good job on supporting wildlife!

HBC needs a Like button.

[Dano]

We had had ducks start nesting in June last year. May was the busy month so you will be fine.
We put fresh wood chips in every year. About 4 inches of chips.



Well Dano, I was inspired by your post. Went out to the shop tonight and built a new nesting box and will install tomorrow. Hopefully not too late.

[guest]

Great share Danno, good things you are doing.

[wideopenthrottle]

thanks for showing us a cool example of how the little things make the world a better place...cheers to you

[field marshal]

Nice to see this effort! Good on you guys Dano!
Cheers Field Marshal.

[Dano]

Thanks for the comments guys. It's a lot of work but very rewarding!
Here's pics from last monday:

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa264/Canso_Dan/image_zpsfanb3xtm.jpeg~original

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa264/Canso_Dan/image_zpsoob1dgn8.jpeg~original

There's 5 hens in the above picture!

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa264/Canso_Dan/image_zpsnzytw7or.jpeg~original

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa264/Canso_Dan/SUNP0064_zpslzcq8gvu.jpg~original

[f350ps]

Not sure how I missed this earlier, nice job Dano, I've always been intrigued by those birds! Many years ago we used to get a couple every year in the marsh but haven't seen very many in the last 10 or 15 years. Well done! K

[fuzzy 63]

morning , was just down below the bridge on neaves rd this morning at Alloutte river and was watching a couple of wood ducks landing in the cottonwood trees on south side of river . was good to see and nice work Dano !!
cya

[Dano]

We are trying to get access the Alouette, planning on putting up boxes along the north and south arms. We need access by powerboat and its a non-power federal closure. Working on it but it may be next year...

[Ride Red]

We had had ducks start nesting in June last year. May was the busy month so you will be fine.
We put fresh wood chips in every year. About 4 inches of chips.

I replaced the old one and put in new shavings. The duck hotel is open for business.