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Wood Duck Nest Box Monitoring
| 2017 | Failed Boxes | % all boxes | ||||
| Location | Eggs Laid | Eggs Hatched | Eggs Unhatched | % Hatched | # of eggs | |
| ACLT | 38 | 37 | 1 | 97% | 0 | 97% |
| Battle Creek Nature Ctr | 12 | 12 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 100% |
| Calvert Cliffs State Park | 100 | 57 | 7 | 89% | 36 | 57% |
| Cove Farm | 28 | 14 | 0 | 100% | 14 | 50% |
| Cove Point NHT | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Flag Ponds Nature Park | 43 | 28 | 15 | 65% | 0 | 65% |
| Ward Farm Nature Park | 43 | 42 | 1 | 98% | 0 | 98% |
| Total | 264 | 190 | 24 | 89% | 50 | 72% |
Notes from 2017
ACLT: Plan on adding a number of new boxes at Horse Swamp for the 2018 season.
Battle Creek: Prothonotary Warblers like the boxes; their broods were larger than those in the PW boxes.
Calvert Cliffs: The water level in Grey's Creek continues to be very low.
Will have to move at least 2 boxes on Thomas Creek because of Phragmites.
Cove Farm: Starlings invaded one of the boxes; could not confirm hatching.
CPNHT: 1st full yr. Wasps were an issue; will soap boxes in the spring to see if that deter the wasps.
Flag Ponds: Multiple double broods this year.
Ward Farm: Adding Prothonotary Warblers boxes. Will have to keep an eye on the warblers use of the Wood Duck Boxes.