Wood Duck Movie

Clips set to music from my experiences raising wood ducklings, from hatching to their eventual release into the wild.

No birds were harmed in the making of this movie. All duckies are currently living successfully in a protected area, and have managed to nest and hatch their own ducklings.

Music: "Green Summertime" by Robin and Linda Williams.

Further Information:

This project was undertaken to raise the number of wood ducks in this area. All ducks were returned to the wild once they were old enough. The property in this video is protected land that was infested with non-native bullfrogs that were killing the baby wood ducks - only the ducks released by Bird Rescue were surviving. We have since drained the ponds to eradicate the frogs and raised these ducks to adulthood so they would survive. I only removed a portion of the eggs from each nest, (many nest boxes contained 15+ eggs) and monitored the remaining wild nests. Before reducing the frog population, of 6 nest boxes, none of the wild ducklings survived past a week.

The wood ducks remained in the area for several months after this video. As of 3 months after their release, all were accounted for. The ducks from the previous year have successfully hatched their own ducklings and joined the small wild population.

I appreciate all the comments I've received and I'm glad I was able to help others who are raising wood ducklings.

Thanks for watching!


-Whereducky

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• wood
• ducks
• aix
• sponsa
• duckling
• carolina-eend
• bird

[runner10man]

Hi, I was wondering if you had or knew where I could get a male wood duck. I have a female who would be very happy.

[Whereducky]

Breeders and hatcheries often sell them to be kept domestically, though sometimes they require a permit. Depending on where you live, you can order them from companies like Stromberg's chicks and gamebirds, or mcMurray's. I'd recommend looking for breeders in your area. (Feed stores are often a good place to start looking.)

[poeboy80]

Which album is this song on? Great video.

[Whereducky]

"Devil of a Dream." Thanks!

[WebkinzBiggestFan]

Great VId! How do you tell if it is a boy or a girl when it is a duckling?

[Whereducky]

I don't bother to sex them until they're about a month and a half old, when their plumage starts coming in. Females have more speckles and less white. Males get raspy voices while females are loud. Later the males get bright red eyes and start to change plumage colors (at about 3 months). Before that, it's difficult to tell. (Sorry I missed this comment before!) And thank you.

[tramjam863]

This is sooooo amazing. Thank you so much for posting. I know it had to break your when you let them go.

[1993bailey]

thank you for this!! robin and linda have many more great songs-check them out. they are also very, very, very nice people!!!

[ckottar3006]

Great video! Wood ducks are amazing, beautiful and delicious waterfowl. We harvest quite a bit of woodies down here.

Very nice footage! Thanks for sharing!

[benmodo]

I saved and took care of a baby wood duck for about a week. Had to turn him i because it's protected here and requires a permit :( I miss her.

[LordMentaLxx]

Ducks are the best animals there are ^^ <3 ducks

[jeadotdrummer]

ok now you just need ones for mallards, pintails, canvasbacks, teals, widgeons... Good luck!

[DEADBLOODPRESENTS]

it makes me cry :(

[1sweetburgundy]

I cried. So cute, thanks.

[hello01793]

Good duck hunting those woodies

[CrawleyCreepers]

@jakerichardson98

Wood ducklings are much smaller but physically look almost the same.

[CrawleyCreepers]

@tabbikat86 (This is Whereducky under a different account)

Sounds like you have a great setup! I throw some mealworms and lettuce into their diet occasionally but the meal should be fine. Make sure it has a chance to swim now and then but doesn't stay wet until it has feathers. Luckily they grow quickly and are almost adult by 2 months. Hope your baby is doing ok!

[jakerichardson98]

How can u tell the difference between woodduck ducklings and mallard ducklings???