Nesting
structures have been given credit for rebuilding our continents
population of Wood Ducks. Save the Hens Foundation is targeting
Wood Ducks and Mallards, in our nesting structure program. Studies
have proven that Mallards benefit from nesting structures as
much as Wood Ducks do, two totally different houses raising
two different kinds of ducks. Though different than those used
for Wood Ducks, nesting structures for Mallards have proven
equally as beneficial.
The
Wood Duck houses were needed because breeding habitat was
lacking and populations plummeting. Wood Duck houses provided
a nesting habitat. The Mallards, with declining grassland
habitats, need this same help. The Mallard house is providing
the hen with habitat and safety from over abundant ground
hunting and avian predators. Mallard houses work and thereby
raise the population of migratory wild Mallards.
