Wife text me and said she needed a visit to the property to wind down after work. No trouble convincing me.
We always drive around and across the dam on our way out and we noticed a momma woodduck acting very nervous around our overflow pipe. well sure enough "ALL" of her babies were down in the bottom of the concrete box. So down I went. I was able to get all but 2 or 3 and they went down the pipe and came out below the dam. Surely momma will go down and get them tonight. Didnt think to have the wife grab my phone and snap a couple of pictures until the last one.
When I first read these posts I read it as "woodchucks" and I was sitting here saying to myself, "rescuing woodchucks...mammalian tunnel boring machines....they all have to be crazy! Then I noticed the woodduck nesting box reference and I felt pretty stupid...lol!
A dozen worms $2.00 Buying your grandson a new pole $25.00 The look on your grandson's face when he catches his first fish PRICELESS!
We put 4 wood duck boxes up in mid Feb and all were nested in. One was "dump" nested. The second round of eggs hatched. Never got to see the ducklings come out of the boxes but got a great pic of them stacked up in it. All 4 boxes produced eggs, and hatches, only got to see ducklings in one of them though. The way I fiqure, there's 25-30 more ducks out there for not a whole lot of effort.
- Dave 4.5 acre woodland pond constructed Feb 2011 - began fill Aug 25 - full pool Nov 18 - fish stocked Oct 25: 1200 Shellcracker; 3800 bluegill bream; 500 channel catfish May 2012: 500 LMB May 2012; 50 "permitted" sterile grass carp.
Our boxes were made with a wooden flap on the side that raises up. Pretty convenient. Stuck my cell phone in and presto. DNR said it wouldn't bother them to check weekly and sure enough it hasn't so far. I jumped 7 woodies off the pond Sat a.m. so they're still here.
- Dave 4.5 acre woodland pond constructed Feb 2011 - began fill Aug 25 - full pool Nov 18 - fish stocked Oct 25: 1200 Shellcracker; 3800 bluegill bream; 500 channel catfish May 2012: 500 LMB May 2012; 50 "permitted" sterile grass carp.