In this hands-on tutorial, we show you how to build a precise and reliable box joint jig using nothing but scrap wood! This full build walkthrough is perfect for woodworkers looking to create clean, ...

The Fairfax County Park Authority plans to build a walking trail from the Martin Luther King Jr. Park’s parking lot to the Little Hunting Creek wetlands, park authority officials told a gathering on ...

Nearly one year after Hurricane Helene caused regionwide flooding on an unprecedented scale, the fish population in Northeast ...

Another study in a series on Wood Ducks at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has found that 2024 was a productive year for the birds, with record-high nesting attempts, eggs laid, eggs hatched, and ...

A FLOCK of ducks get an escort across busy roads to their nightly nesting spot. Volunteer wardens watch as they waddle from a river to a town centre car park. A quack team of locals make sure they don ...

DEAR JOAN: What is the right time to remove a nest from a nest box after the nestlings have fledged? I removed an abandoned nest last year that had four unhatched bluebird eggs. A new family built a ...

Wood ducks and a handful of other species of waterfowl are cavity nesters. Buffleheads, common goldeneyes, common mergansers and hooded mergansers are other duck species that nest in tree cavities, ...

This is the time of the year when I have a special meeting, down in the flooded part of my woods, with a very beautiful creature. It is one of the most colorful ducks and has the unique habit of ...

In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

Question: There are large bird houses on the shores of the lake I fish. Are these wood duck houses, and do they really help the duck population? Answer: They are probably wood duck nesting boxes, and ...

McLean Nature Preserve will host a Wood Duck program at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at McLean Nature Preserve, 2199 N. Flajole Road in Rhodes, about a quarter mile north of Erickson Road in ...