Notebook Wood Duck Project
W
ood
duck populations
across North America are critically low
as a result of overhunting and clearing of the mature forests that they call home. This widespread habitat destruction has been further exacerbated by the selective removal of dead and dying trees, which likely provided nesting cavities. To re-establish our wood duck popu-
lation, FortWhyte Alive launched the Winnipeg Wood Duck project in the early 1970s, resulting in the deployment of over 100 nest boxes along the city’s waterways. Every spring, our dedicated Fort-
Whyte volunteers clean existing boxes and install new ones for interested river- bank homeowners. Since female wood
ducks return faithfully to nest in the area where they were raised, it is possi- ble to notice a marked increase in their numbers in just two to three years! Winnipeg riverfront properties resi-
dents who are interested in becoming Wood Duck Watchers are invited to visit
www.fortwhyte.org/membership to download the membership brochure to receive more information on the Naturescape program at FortWhyte Alive. The public may call 989-8355. To become a Wood duck Watcher for next year, contact Jackie Stephen, Direc- tor of Operations at FortWhyte Alive. 989-8360 (direct), 781-2828 (cell) jste-
phen@fortwhyte.org/
www.fortwhyte. org.
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