{"id":46117,"date":"2015-03-19T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=46117"},"modified":"2015-03-19T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T00:55:10","slug":"ducks-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/ducks-7\/","title":{"rendered":"DU holds work bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ducksth.jpg\" alt=\"ducksth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46119\" \/>Ducks Unlimited<!--more--><br \/>\nWood Ducks are tree cavity nesters. With the decline of natural tree cavities near and adjacent to wetlands, a conservation program was developed to utilize nest boxes to provide Wood Ducks adequate nesting sites. This program has been used across the nesting range of these waterfowl. It has had a significant impact on increasing the population of Wood Ducks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ducks3.jpg\" alt=\"ducks3\" width=\"450\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46123\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Kurt Hufnagel is cleaning and inspecting a nest box.<\/em><br \/>\nThe local Ducks Unlimited committee members and volunteers clean and inspect Wood Duck nest boxes every year.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ducks1.jpg\" alt=\"ducks1\" width=\"450\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46122\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Committee chairman Chris Mikula is on the left, and committee member Craig Knight is on the right. <\/em><br \/>\nThe local DU chapter has constructed and installed many nest boxes on ponds and wetland areas along Highway US-127 in Clinton County, on property owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation (Highway Department).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ducks2.jpg\" alt=\"ducks2\" width=\"433\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46121\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Chris Mikula up in a tree cleaning out a nest box.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ducks Unlimited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}