Wood ducks return to Walnut Creek. Great photos!
By Gary Bogue
Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 7:00 am in Ducks, Wood Ducks.
Male wood duck in San Ramon Creek. Photo by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA
My friend Brian Murphy is involved in a program putting up wood duck nest boxes on trees in backyards and natural areas along downtown creeks in the Walnut Creek and San Ramon areas. Why? To attract wood ducks back to the areas where they once lived before we humans came in and developed them.
These incredibly beautiful ducks are a special treat for all bird watchers, by the way, as you can see from these photos. Thanks, Brian, for helping to return our city creeks to their natural state. That makes them very special.
Got this note this morning from Brian:
“Attached photos are from below Las Lomas (high school) parking lot in San Ramon Creek (in Walnut Creek). Very nice going from no wood duck photos forever to nice wood duck photos in our downtown creeks. /Brian”
Very nice, indeed, Brian. Way to go, my friend! /Gary
Female (l.) and male (r.) wood ducks in San Ramon Creek. Photo by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, CA
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February 13th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Ducks nesting in trees??
February 14th, 2012 at 6:15 am
Joann: Yes … wood ducks like to nest in hollow trees. /Gary
February 14th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Thats a very nice photo, thanks for sharing,
Dave
February 17th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Brian at-magic again!!! Thank you for the awesome pics!!! msmonica
February 21st, 2012 at 3:59 pm
As you said, these are INCREDIBLY beautiful birds!! Thanks so much to Brian for putting up the nest boxes.