WOOD DUCK LIFE 



T seems odd to think 

 of a squatty, wad- 

 dling, web-footed 

 duck making its 



nest in a tree, but such 



is the habit of the wood 

 duck. ' ' Summer duck ' ' 

 is the name by which it 

 is known in many places. Most 

 kinds of wild ducks found in the 

 United States are here only 

 during the colder months, for 

 " upon the approach of summer 



they retire farther north to breed. Often in spring or 

 autumn they may be seen on their journeys as in long lines 

 they pass high overhead. But wherever the wood duck is 

 found, it is a constant resident. 



One spring while spending some i^ime in a heavily wooded 

 country, I often watched a pair of these birds flying back 

 and forth between the forest and their feeding grounds in 



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