The mating season of the wood duck begin to take place in the autumn and winter. This is the time the male wood duck’s beauty is in its full glory. Female wood ducks continuously flick their bills back over their shoulder, and when a male responds by raising his plumage (wings and tail) then swimming away with his head not facing her, this is a signal for her to follow him.

When the wood ducks find their partners, they migrate North to their breeding grounds together, to arrive there by spring. When one of the pair is lost along the way, the single wood duck finds another partner at the breeding grounds. ~ Birdhouses 101

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