Nature Done Wright

Stiles Thomas and I started to clean out the Wood Duck boxes on Lake Appert earlier this month, but the ice sounded almost ghost-like and we skedaddled — but not before I photographed the inside one of the nesting boxes donated by Dr. Haas last year.

On the left is the ladder the ducklings climb to the opening when it's time to jump.  The bottom of the box is wood chips, a few feathers and an unhatched duck egg.