Woodiecam1 4/24/13 Baby Wood Ducks and Mergansers leave the nest.

This is the 2nd nest of the 2013 season that was streamed at my website www.Woodiecam1.com/ . The wide angle view is from an HD GoPro and the close-up view is from a Canon VIXIA HF R300. The hen Wood Duck we called WoodiePier had 29 Wood Duck eggs and a Hooded Merganser laid 3 eggs in the box. 17 Wood Duck eggs hatched and 2 Hooded Mergansers hatched. The eggs hatched during the day on 4/23/13 and jumped out on 4/24/13 at 10:45 AM EST. Go to my website www.Woodiecam1.com/ to see the lake view and another nesting wood duck.

[@WoolyBuggerPicker]

Amazing that she can count the ducklings, then swim away!

[@LouiseMZeitlin]

This is wonderful I am in a Wood Duck monitoring program locally where we are monitoring Wood Duck boxes and can't wait until they start to hatch.

[@phoebehershey2229]

Loved it! Unbelievable number of babies!

[@davidgodfrey2262]

Great video, enjoyed very much. I monitor woodies in the state of Md. and have tried for years to time my visits to a hatching and jump---no luck so far. Stationary camera captures the action and does not disrupt
the woodies---thanx 4 all the effort to get this.
Dave

[@ruperthester9407]

Glad you like it.

[@loonlady]

Hi Woodie, great video I missed the jump as I had to go out that day...so glad to see it on a split screen
talk to you at the next jump
Loonlady

[@NasrinHera-m1p]

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[@NasrinHera-m1p]

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[@dakotablue52]

Astonishing!

[@darrellpelfrey2370]

Great

[@luzaristizabal2889]

Aww soooooooooooooooo cute!!!

[@WiddleWaddle]

Awesome!

They get back to the nest?

[@sc101111]

no. they leave.

[@ruperthester9407]

jmatile They are Hooded Mergansers. Buffleheads do not nest in NC.