{"id":203,"date":"2024-07-30T07:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:31:14","slug":"nesting-structures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/nesting-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesting Structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_huge width_custom color_primary with_img parallax_ver\" style=\"--site-content-width:880px;\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" role=\"img\" data-img-width=\"1400\" data-img-height=\"748\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wood-duck-box-houses.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.2),rgba(0,0,0,0.55))\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h2 class=\"w-text us_custom_bcde83ea has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Nesting Structures<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p class=\"p1\">Nesting structures are man-made devices for use by waterfowl and other birds that supplement or replace the natural nesting locations that have been impacted by development or other loss of habitat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For cavity nesting birds like wood ducks, buffleheads, goldeneyes, and hooded mergansers, wood duck boxes can provide a safe, comfortable alternative for the tree cavities Wisconsin has lost in the past century.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hen houses can provide a safe location for mallards to nest away from predation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">WWA has the largest wood duck box operation in the state, with volunteers maintaining hundreds of boxes every year across the state. We are also the best source for <a href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/product-category\/wood-duck-box-houses\/\"><span class=\"s1\">inexpensive, high-quality boxes<\/span><\/a> (or kits) that you can establish on your property. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>These efforts produce thousands of ducklings each year, which has a multiplying effect as those ducklings mature and return to Wisconsin to raise their own broods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/winter-wood-duck-box.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Winter Wood Duck Box\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/winter-wood-duck-box.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/winter-wood-duck-box-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/winter-wood-duck-box-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_secondary\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_eb849559\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Our association has a long history of building, providing, placing &#038; maintaining wood duck houses on a variety of public and private venues since our founding in 1984.<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 class=\"p1\">More information:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><span class=\"s2\">FAQs for wood duck box <a href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Wood-Duck-Nesting-Boxes-FAQs.pdf\"><span class=\"s3\">placement, installation and maintenance<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/school-curriculum\/\"><span class=\"s5\">WWA\u2019s curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/span> that uses wood duck life cycles to teach middle school science concepts<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s4\"><\/span>Purchase wood duck boxes <a href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/product-category\/wood-duck-box-houses\/\"><span class=\"s3\">here<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s4\"><\/span>Want to <a href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/i-want-to-volunteer\/\"><span class=\"s3\">join forces with WWA teams<\/span><\/a> to establish and maintain wood duck boxes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper us_custom_fa29c566 align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>WWA has the largest wood duck box program in the Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span>Artificial structures can supplement or replace lost nesting habitat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span>Properly installed and maintained wood duck boxes produce thousands of ducklings each year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span>You don\u2019t have to be a WWA member to make your own contributions to these numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nesting StructuresNesting structures are man-made devices for use by waterfowl and other birds that supplement or replace the natural nesting locations that have been impacted by development or other loss of habitat.\u00a0 For cavity nesting birds like wood ducks, buffleheads, goldeneyes, and hooded mergansers, wood duck boxes can provide a safe, comfortable alternative for the...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58423,"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions\/58423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}