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Wood Duck
| Color: |
Blue, Brown, Green, Yellow |
| Size: |
18.5" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
The multicolored male is distinctive with a green crest, yellow sides, blue patch on the wing, and orange bill. The female is mostly drab brown but has a white teardrop around the eye. |
| Voice: |
Females give a nasal ooEEK ooEEK. Males give a high-pitched rising whistled jeweeep.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Wooded wetlands such as streams, sloughs and cypress-tupelo swamp. |
| Interesting Fact: |
When young Wood Ducks are ready to leave the nest they jump out of the tree and fall to the ground without injury. |
| Scientific name: |
Aix sponsa |
| Order: |
Anseriformes |
| Family: |
Anatidae |
Male Dave Herr |
Female Ben Meadors |
Female on the nest in a nest box Bob Olson |
Nest and eggs in a nest box Bob Olson |
Immature male Larry Jernigan |
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