Wood ducks eat acorns, beach nuts, insects, small amphibians, wild grapes, duck weed, pond weed, spiders, mosquito larva, and berries. People used to eat wood ducks and sell their beautiful feathers. Sneaks, snapping turtles and big fish eat baby wood ducks. In the 1900's, people used to hunt the wood duck. Pretty soon they became endangered, so there was a law passed that none could hunt wood ducks.
Wood ducks perch in trees and have longer legs than most ducks.
The wood ducks feathers are in demand for fly fishing. They have a high pitched voice and have a flat bill. The wood duck is 20 inches long and half the size of a mallard. The Chinese Mandarin is a relative of the wood duck. The wood duck is the only waddler duck that habitually nests in trees.