How to Use wood duck in a Sentence

wood duck

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  • On the leisurely float, keep your eyes peeled for great blue herons, swallows and wood ducks.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023
  • Barbara Keel Lunsford of Auburn, Ala., took second place with her painting of a pair of wood ducks.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Owl season was drawing to a close by the time two young owls flew in to sit on a wood duck house one evening in July.
    — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Some ’fowlers swear by ‘em, though, and blowing a wood duck call at a wood duck makes more sense (to me) than blowing a mallard call at a wood duck.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • About 6:40 a single drake wood duck dropped over the trees and toward our decoys, but then lifted higher and out of range.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2017
  • His long flat-bottomed vessel sealed off the only channel to a wood duck hole that was begging to be hunted at the crack of dawn.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
  • In addition to the swans, bird lovers can spot herons, egrets, wood ducks, Canada geese, muscovies, and over two dozen other species.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 June 2023
  • The teal and wood duck season started Saturday and runs through Wednesday.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The park’s many marshes serve as a paradise for birders, packed full of eye-catching species like wood ducks, surf scoters, and roseate spoonbills.
    — Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
  • In the meantime, Milfred is sharing freezer space with a wood duck, a trophy bass and a python, also in line to be taxidermied.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
  • Some of these visitors will include green-winged teal, the colorful wood duck, Western and Clark’s grebes, some species of sandpiper and loons.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • There are the excerpts from other wood duck writings, a welcome feature here as in his two earlier books.
    — Jim Williams Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Beechnuts are relished by wild turkeys, wood ducks, woodpeckers, black bears and deer.
    — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Instead, hunt early teal seasons, or work the wood duck migration, when conditions are mild and water is warm to just cool.
    — Tom Carpenter, Field & Stream, 25 Nov. 2019
  • As wood ducks cavorted in the water, Kathrin moved along the boardwalk, focusing on different birds.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
  • Sightings Duck box surprise: Near creeks, ponds and marshes, wood duck boxes are producing this year’s crop of hatchlings.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2018
  • The daily bag limit can include no more than four mallards (of which two may be hens), three wood ducks, two canvasbacks, two redheads, two black ducks and one pintail.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Lake Livingston - Guide Simon Cosper reported limits of wood ducks, gadwalls and teal.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The landmark law protects 800 species of birds and helped save some that were on the verge of being hunted to extinction, including the wood duck and the sandhill crane — now a common sight in Wisconsin.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Several species, including the wood duck and wild turkey, were in danger of going extinct.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The daily bag limit in each zone can include no more than four mallards (of which two may be hens), three wood ducks, two canvasbacks, two redheads, two black ducks and one pintail.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Another local artist, Howard Connelly, crafted a metal bird sculpture to place on top of the phone stand, and the phone was then ready for users to call up the sounds of wood ducks, kingfishers and mourning doves.
    — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Pairs of wood ducks will appear, males resplendent in breeding colors, and prospect for nesting locations.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Spanning much of the 20th century, the two landmark conservation acts are credited with bringing species such as the wood duck, wild turkey and pronghorn back from the brink of extinction.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Appropriately named, the wood duck is found near wooded lakes and streams, feeding on insects and plant materials from duckweeds to acorns.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • The fish exhibited excellent aerodynamics, on par with or better than those of hawks, wood ducks and insects.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
  • Unquestionably, the drake wood duck is the most beautiful of all waterfowl, with the female also being more colorful than the females of other species.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
  • Grouse, pheasant, woodcock, wood duck, goose, mallard, rabbit, deer, bear, moose, fox, opossum—all and more have contributed ingredients to fishing flies over the years.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Beechnuts are relished by wild turkeys, wood ducks, woodpeckers, black bears and deer, and their tree cavities provide nesting sites for owls and woodland mammals.
    — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 3 May 2018
  • The state’s waterfowl season had been open only a short while, and Will Smith and his son, Harrison, discharged a volley from their shotguns that splashed a hen wood duck into the water just beyond their decoys.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020

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