Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Summary 3

L 18.5” Wt. 1.3lb
Description: The Wood Duck has an apple green hood and a lemon yellow arch on their middle, a rusty front, and blue tip on their tail. The females are brown with a speckled belly and a darker back. They travel in groups.

Habitat: Found on fresh water lakes and ponds.

Fun Facts: Wood Ducks are the only North American duck to produce two broods of young in a year.

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  2. (c) ian wetton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7565633@N04/2954623114
  3. Adapted by islandstewards from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aix_sponsa

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