Frogs are important because they eat large numbers of insects and serve as food for many fish, snakes, birds and mammals. Wood ducks make nests in these special boxes. The day after her 10-15 eggs hatch, the female calls the young from below, whileone by one the ducklings jump from as high as 50 feet. Male wood ducks have feathers of red, yellow, white, blue and green, while females are gray and white. Mosquito larvae, hatched from eggs, live underwater until becoming adults.
Dragonflies also deposit eggs in water.
The emerging nymphs eat other insects and even small fish. Adult dragonflies eat flying insects, especially mosquitoes, which they catch in flight. Other underwater residents include crayfish, clams and snails. Cattails have adapted to their soggy lifestyle by having hollow leaves to move oxygen from air to soil. Muskrats build lodges with cattail stems, while pheasants and rabbits find winter cover among the dried stalks.