Wood Duck (TX2)
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This is a second Wood Duck cam at this site.
| Species: Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Location: Greenville, TX Status: 10/20 eggs hatched; all 10 ducklings fledged July 10th! View comments View donor list |
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2007 Daily Highlights:
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Jul. 10 - The last fledgling trying to make it out of the box! They all fledged today! |
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Jul. 10 - There appear to be 9 or 10 babies that have hatched. This is probably the full brood. |
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Jul. 5 - We haven't seen two hens in the box for a few weeks, but these two spent about 8 minutes in the box together today. |
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Jul. 3 - The camera was down for a few days, but it appears that all is well with the hen and her clutch. |
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Jun. 30 - With only half the eggs visible, we can count 12 eggs. |
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Jun.
27 - Just prior to her daily morning foraging bout, the female spends a
few minutes covering nearly all the eggs with wood shavings. |
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Jun. 25 - While the female is
spending nearly 85% of her time incubating the eggs, the male plays no
role in brooding young or incubating eggs. |
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Jun. 21 - The female appears to
be vocalizing in this picture. Since it is the early morning, it wouldn't
make any sense for her to be panting quite yet. |
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Jun. 19 - Incubation is
proceeding as normal. There have been no signs of predators or more
egg-dumpers. In this pic, the female appears to be rotating her eggs. |
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Jun. 18 - The female is just returning from her evening feeding bout. This one was long, exactly 3 hours long. |
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Jun. 17 - Again, no egg dumping today. Her morning break today was only 1 1/2 hours. |
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Jun. 16 - The female leaves for her morning feeding bout. |
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Jun.
15- After covering up the eggs as well as she can, the female flutters
up to the box entrance for her morning feeding bout. So far today,
there is no sign of further egg dumping in this mother duck's nest. |
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Jun. 14- At 9:20 AM, another female duck began poking
her head into the mama duck's nest. She was observed to have dumped one
egg of her own into the nest before the camera went awry. Here, it
appears as if the two females are wrestling. However, we cannot be sure
of the exact nature of their interactions. |
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Jun. 13- The female is keeping her mouth open. She may
be either vocalizing or "panting." Considering the climate of Texas,
and the long periods of time she has been observed off of the nest, it
is likely that the hot Texas weather is causing her to pant. Hopefully
most of the eggs will remain viable in spite of the heat. |
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Jun. 12- The female was not observed on the nest today. |