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I've always wanted to try my luck on wood ducks, although I know nothing about them other than they prefer really wooded brushy areas... I'm starting to read more on them but was wondering if say some of the mid elevation mountain lakes or beaver ponds would be a good candidate to try? I've only seen them a handful of times but I know they exist, but definetly seems like a challenge...
From what I have seen over the years ponds with Russian olive trees around them tend to hold birds.
We started with 8 wood duck boxes in our valley, 8 years ago. We are up to 54, with 47 being used this year, a a few used twice. We have started added 8 a year to surrounding swampy ponds in the county, we live in. All west of I5. Started with 7 mallard tubes last year are going to have 14 next year. It will take a couple years for the tubes to be used heavily.