It is the time of the year when I give a callout to my friend Paul down in the NW suburbs of Minneapolis. You should get to know Paul, or more accurately his “bird blog”. Paul has three duck boxes on his property which abuts a small, fast flowing creek. The ducks like his hospitality.

Did I mention that Paul is a retired engineer from Honeywell? We worked together to years and you should know engineers do not retire, they just move on to non-paying projects. In Paul’s case, one of those projects are his wood duck boxes which have an amazing number of cameras which watch the ducks through incubation and then “THE DROP”! You are even able to watch “THE DROP / jump” live via the internet. Last year I had the please of watching the woodducks jump with Paul in a bird blind in his back yard.

Like my blog, Paul’s does not have advertisements or solicitations. He enjoys his birds and shares that enjoyment with his readers.

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Perhaps you would like to read my blog post from last years Duck Drop … plenty of photos.

And a copy of the banner from Paul’s website …

I owe a HUGE thanks to my friend, Paul, who let me invite myself over on Memorial Day at 6:30 am for the “Wood Duck Drop!” Paul has the blog BirdsGV. I believe there will one more “live jump” within a day or two. Paul has cameras set up in the wood duck boxes and at strategic locations around his yard that provide excellent views of the jumps. You are able to watch live via the web. Subscribe to his blog and you will receive notification as to when the latest craziness is expected!

Geronimo! Except these little guys do not wear parachutes. I present to you Wood Duck Drop / Jump 2023!

Mom surveying the scene … looking for predators

One to Get Ready

Two to Go

Tail-End Charlie

All nine ducklings safely in the stream

See two minutes of the wood duck drop (video link for email subscribers). Paul and I sat in a blind for three hours!