Heartwood Wood Duck Joy Box

This Wood Duck House complements any landscape, they are convenient, long lasting and beautiful; the picture perfect start to your life in birding! Season after season, this delightful nesting box is a joy to behold and a breeze to maintain thanks to easy twist latch and slide-front panel that also inverts for winter roosting. So easy to use, so easy to love, it turns birding into childs play!

 

Nesting Habits: Wood ducks will nest in the areas around wooded swamps, ponds, or marshes.  The nest is made of wood chips and down.  Located in a natural tree cavity or man-made birdhouse.  The nest is generally 5 to 50 feet above the ground or water. If successful broods are raised, Wood Ducks will often return to the same nesting site year after year to raise successive broods.  The female bird lays 10 - 15 dull white eggs. Inucbation is done by the female only and last 27 to 30 days.  The young downy leave the nest soon after hatching. The young birds will need about 7 more weeks before learning to fly.

 

Materials: Rugged construction features 13/16 solid cypress and headed ring shank stainless steel nails.

 

Dimensions: 11L x 12W x 24H; 4" hole

 

Shipping Weight: 20 lbs.