Thank you for your kind words. If you want to see more videos try my web site: birdsgv.com

Our record here is 31 eggs, of which 25 hatched! A duck lays about a dozen, so this was the work of 2, 3, or maybe 4 female wood ducks. They lay eggs in other duck's nests. Hooded mergansers also lay eggs in wood duck nests, and vice versa. For example, today the South nest (see birdsgv.com) has 13 wood duck eggs and 2 merganser eggs in it. Each day in the past week two wood ducks have shared the nest; kind of unusual for them to do this peacefully. For more about this strange behavior, see my birdsgv.com web site, scroll down, and use the "Ducks Info" button.

So many people have asked this that I created a page about it: birdsgv.com/lastduckling.html For more general information (and a link to that page too) please see my web site, birdsgv.com, and use the "Ducks Info" link.

Thanks for your comment. If you go to my web page you will find live cameras (starting up again a couple of months from now), a blog, more videos and photos, and ... the answer to your question. For that, scroll down and use the "Ducks Info" link. birdsgv.com

These are not tame, domesticated birds that I or anyone can manage. They are wild. They become very scared and flee if people try to get anywhere close to them. It also is unethical and in some cases even illegal for me to interfere with the natural behavior of wildlife. For more information please click the "Ducks Info" button near the bottom of this web page: birdsgv.com

Thanks Robert! For more videos, information, and coming again this spring: live cameras and a blog ... please see my web site. birdsgv.com

@@7kabel7 I signed up to your site. I am so looking forward to nesting season next Spring. Keep up the amazing videos. And most importantly, to helping the Wood ducks out. You have my gratitude and thanks Sir.

If you mean the male, they are only around during the egg-laying time. The rest is up to the female. She incubates the eggs for about a month, leaving only briefly to get food. Many birds have young that need weeks of feeding before they can leave the nest and both parents participate in incubating and/or feeding. But ducks, geese, chickens, and some others have young that are ready to go within hours of hatching. The mother doesn't feed them. They stay only one night in the nest, then she takes them to where food is and they feed themselves. They never return to the nest. She stays with them for about 2 months, helping them find food and sheltering them under her wings at night.

For more information, more videos, and live cameras and a blog that are active during nesting, please see my web site birdsgv.com

That is my oldest video; I've made many of them in more recent years that you might enjoy. Also in the spring during nesting I stream live cameras from three wood duck (and sometimes hooded merganser) nests. I have a blog where you can subscribe to receive an email when something interesting happens (e.g. hatching, jump day). You will find all of these at birdsgv.com It's good to know that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for the comment. If you go to my web site you'll find information about the nest boxes (scroll down to find the "Ducks Info" link) as well as photos, a blog, and links to more videos. birdsgv.com

Yes, and the slight delay is perfect, like a Road Runner cartoon. The tail disappears then ... ... bang!

Well, yes and no. Sometimes we can save the baby duck, but not the unhatched eggs. For much more information about this please see this information page at my web site: birdsgv.com/lastduckling.html

Also you might like my video about saving one of the late ducklings, called "Little Woodie's First Day" birdsgv.com/videos.html#youtube2-62

Thanks Cathy. It's good to know that you liked it and yes, lots of beauty! You might enjoy my web site: live cameras in the spring, more videos and photos, information. birdsgv.com

Great, I'm glad you're enjoying them. If you put your email address in via the "Subscribe" button at my site (also see the "Subscription Info" button) then you'll receive messages when the live cameras start up next spring. Thanks for. your comments, it's fun to know that you are enjoying the videos.

And I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for your comment. There are many more. You might like choosing them via my web site: birdsgv.com and then scroll down and select the "Videos" button.

Typically an egg that does not hatch with the others does not hatch at all. But sometimes they do hatch. For more about this please use the "Ducks Info" button at my web site, birdsgv.com A page linked from there is about late ducklings; here's a direct link to it: birdsgv.com/lastduckling.html You might also like one of my other videos about this, called: "Little Woodie's First Day"

Some background: A wood duck lays about a dozen eggs over a span of two weeks so the oldest egg has been in the nest for about two weeks longer than the newest egg, but they hatch within hours on the same day. That's because it is the start of incubation (when the eggs are kept consistently warm) that starts development, not when they were laid. They are dormant until incubation starts. As to your question, unhatched eggs in wood duck nests often are alive. This is because wood ducks and also hooded mergansers do something called "dumping" (biologists call it that) where they lay eggs in each other's nests. If this occurs after incubation has started, then an egg that was dumped will not develop in time to hatch with the others. For more information about what happens next please see: birdsgv.com/lastduckling.html

You might also like the video about "Little Woodies First Day" about a late duckling that survived: birdsgv.com/videos.html#youtube2-62

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When she is calling them they respond by peeping loudly. They stop when with her. When she does not hear any more peeping from the nest she knows that they are all out. For more information please see my web site at birdsgv.com and use the "Ducks Info" button.