Coveside Wood Duck / Hooded Merganser House

The Coveside Wood Duck House opens two ways for observation and cleaning, and has an internal ladder for the ducklings to climb out when mother calls ducklings to the protection of the open water when they are one day old.

Habitat: Nests beside wooded rivers and ponds. Visits freshwater marshes in late summer and fall.

Range: Breeds from British Columbia south to California, and from Montana east to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas and Florida; absent from Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Winters near Pacific Coast north to Washington, and to New Jersey in East, rarely further north.