The process is straightforward: each box is made from a few pieces of cypress or cedar wood, assembled with a hole for ducks to enter and metal mesh inside to help ducklings climb out. A latch ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any ...

Speaking from experience, Slinden said waiting until the last minute isn’t the best wood-duck-box-checking strategy. “Once,” he said, “the back of the four-wheeler went through the ice.

As ducks migrate back to the Northwoods, they’ll be looking for places to nest.Wood duck boxes are a good way for people to ...