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Wood Duck Boxes

Although wood ducks are abundant nowadays, they nearly went extinct in the early 1900’s. Passage of the Migratory Bird Treat Act in 1918 likely saved this species. Prior to the act, harvest of waterfowl was largely unregulated and wood ducks suffered heavy losses. Also, forestry practices at the time and up until about 50 years ago, removed all dead trees. It was these trees (often called “snags”) that provided the cavities that wood ducks used for nesting.
Over the last several decades, thousands of wood duck nest boxes have been erected nationwide to benefit woodies. CWA has been a part of this effort, building 50 to 100 boxes annually. These boxes are used by the DEEP’s Wildlife Division and others.

Nest boxes provide optimal nest sites and can improve hatching success. In Connecticut, nest boxes located over water average 70 to 90 percent hatching success compared to about 50 percent for natural cavities. However, to be successful boxes must be placed in proper locations. If you plan on erecting wood duck boxes, please contact the DEEP Wildlife Division’s Migratory Game Bird Program (860-424-3011) to obtain information on box location, maintenance and data collection.

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    • Mentoring Information
    • Junior Duck Stamp
    • CWA Tips
    • Hunt Smart
  • Conservation
    • Conservation News
    • Nehantic Project >
      • Nehantic Update
    • Banding
    • Wood Duck Boxes >
      • CWA Wood Duck Boxes
  • EVENTS
    • Coming Events >
      • Mueller Raffle
      • 2023 Sporting Clays
      • 2023 Fundraising Banquet
    • Recent Events >
      • 2022 Fundraising Banquet
      • 2022 Waterfowl Training
      • 2022 Sporting Clays
      • Beretta A400 Raffle
      • 2022 Junior Duck Stamp
      • 2021 Sporting Clays
      • 2021 Junior Duck Stamp
      • 2020 Junior Duck Stamp
      • 2020 Wood Duck Boxes
      • 2020 Members Meeting
      • 2019 Waterfowl Seminar
      • 2019 Fundraising Banquet
      • 2019 Fishing & Hunting Show
      • 2019 Junior Duck Stamp
      • 2019 Members Meeting
    • Archives >
      • 2017 Events >
        • August 5th Fun Shoot
        • 2017 Training Day
        • 2017 Hunting & Fishing Day
      • 2018 Events >
        • 2018 Duck Stamp
        • 2018 Junior Duck Stamp
        • 2018 Fundraising Banquet
        • 2018 Goose Banding
        • 2018 Sporting Clays Shoot
        • 2018 Waterfowl Training
        • 2018 Wood Duck Boxes
  • CWA Merchandise
  • Member Information
    • Member Photos >
      • CWA Member Older Photos
      • Argentina Hunt
    • CWA Carvers >
      • Rich Chmiel
      • Peter Johnson
      • Ryan Torbett
    • Recipes >
      • Duck
      • Goose
      • Woodcock
      • Venison
      • Fish
    • Marketplace >
      • Carl's Custom Calls