Identification - Perhaps the most attractive of all the ducks, breeding males have virtually "all the colors of the rainbow" which, along with their crested heads, make the Wood Duck easy to identify. The female has a gray head and crest with a large, white "teardrop" around the eye.
Morsels - Soon after the young have hatched, the female Wood Duck flies to the ground below the nest and calls the young. In response to her calls, the young climb to the cavity entrance, up to eight feet (2.4 meters) from the bottom of the cavity, and leap to the ground from a height of usually over 30 feet (nine meters) but occasionally up to 75 feet (23 meters) above the ground. The hen then leads the ducklings to the nearest water.
