Frank B. McGilvrey 1966 <p>This is a description of the renesting of two Wood Ducks (<i>Aix sponsa</i>) after hatching broods. I can find but two previous records of such behavior. Barnes (Auk, 65: 449, 1948) reported an incident of a hand-reared bird nesting in the wild in Indiana. This female was unable to get her brood out of the nest box, and subsequently hatched a second brood. Hester (SE Wildlife Conf., 1962; 8 pp., mimeo.) in North Carolina had records of four hens that renested after hatching first broods. Three of these brought off second broods.</p> application/pdf 10.2307/4083024 en American Ornithological Society Second nestings of the wood ducks article