Minnesota researchers learn about wood duck preferences, patterns

As the ping on the VHF radio grows louder from almost an inaudible chirp, Minnesota DNR Bemidji-area wildlife researchers, while driving down the road, know they’re on the right track to finding one of their radio-collared female wood ducks.
Once they get as close as the road will take them, the trek begins into the forested Cass County survey area to find a hen wood duck’s exact nesting location, often far from easy access via road or trail.

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