Article: Squirrels fail to follow back-yard etiquette.(SPORTS)

Article: NEWS FOCUS: Saving the wood duck
News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  January 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The once-endangered wood duck Joe Utter cleans out a wood duck nesting box at Chain O'Lakes State Park while Troop ... Chain O'Lakes State Park on their mission to clean out wood duck nesting boxes. Nick Frillman of Antioch close a door ...

Article: BIRDING; WOOD DUCK.(HOME & GARDEN)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Cuba. How to build a wood duck house - Don (The Duckman ... design, placement of the wood duck box is critical to attract ... neighborhood. Everything from squirrels to woodpeckers, even snakes are known to occupy wood duck boxes. ENTRANCE HOLE ...

Article: Building a future for wood ducks; Once believed to be on the road ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... and adults built 1,500 wood duck boxes that will be put ... year and build 3,000 wood duck boxes. While the boxes ... as well as owls and squirrels. But wood ducks are the ... appear to be back to stay. Wood duck box tips Wood ducks usually ...

Article: Beat winter blues, build a wood duck house
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... preparing the nest, the male wood duck can often be seen close ... or even on top of the wood duck house. The female will ... incubate her eggs, the male wood duck will abandon her, leaving ... predators which include squirrels, raccoons and some species ...

Article: Special houses help wood duck population; Comeback: ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... those nesting spots. Wood duck numbers shrank precipitously ... establishment of thousands of wood duck boxes have helped 'woodies ... always a better bet - squirrel proof - than one attached ... trouble of setting out wood duck boxes and maintaining ...

Article: Ecology and Management of the Wood Duck.
Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... for many aspects of the Wood Duck's biology they have ... species that have used Wood Duck nest boxes on national ... often generic, such as "squirrels," "woodpecker," and ... indication of the numbers of Wood Duck boxes provided per refuge ...

Article: Do nest boxes really help? (wood duck conservation) ...
Field & Stream (West ed.);  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...On June 7, 1994, a female wood duck hatched twelve ducklings in a nest box ... private volunteer. In my lifetime the wood duck has gone from being a rare species that ... Those of us who build and maintain a few wood duck nest boxes like to think that our combined ...