Wood Duck Nesting Boxes Installed

Milan Bull, senior director of science and conservation at The Connecticut Audubon Society, installed the first of four Wood Duck nesting boxes at Deer Pond Farm on February 28, 2018.

Once at risk of extinction, Wood Ducks – with help of nesting boxes and the  benefits of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 – have increased in populations. Unable to make their own nesting holes, Wood Ducks use these boxes for nesting sites.

With nesting season beginning in March, we are excited to see two pairs already on the pond and are hoping one of the pairs will make a home in the recently installed box.