Wood Duck
Photo by Matt Valencic

Wood Duck. Woodies are a tree duck, using a hollow cavity in a tree for their nest site, but will also use artificial nest boxes. Once the babies hatch the mother calls to them from the ground, and the babies jump out, sometimes fluttering as much at 30 – 40 feet to the ground. They follow mom to the water where they to eat a variety of food from insects, plants and seeds.