Wood Duck
Description
17-20". A beautiful, crested, multicolored duck. Male patterned in iridescent greens, purples, and blues, with a distinctive white chin patch and face stripes; bill mainly red; tail long. Female grayish with broad white eye ring.
Voice
Female,loud wooo-eeek!; male, softer jeee or ter-weeee.
Habitat
Wooded rivers and ponds; wooded swamps. Visits freshwater marshes in late summer and fall.
Nesting
9-12 whitish or tan eggs in a nest made of down and placed in a natural tree cavity or artificial nest box, sometimes up to 50' off the ground.
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