# A point blank question about ducks **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 23, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310 "2003-09-23T13:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smootman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/1 "2003-09-23T13:55:11Z")
Given their webbed feet, can ducks land in trees? ---
**Author:** ![Tone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/2 "2003-09-23T14:09:34Z")
yes. i have seen a duck in a tree. Tony ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/3 "2003-09-23T14:13:16Z")
I believe a [wood duck](http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/woodduck.htm) (and perhaps serveral other species) can land and roost in trees. In fact, > [@](#): > > _The wood duck is not the only water bird to nest in the trees through, so do hooded mergansers, goldeneyes, and some whistling ducks._ ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/4 "2003-09-23T14:16:00Z")
Picture’s worth 1000 words: [Mallard in a tree](http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/img-fauxwood-duck.html) (not a species that nests in trees). ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/5 "2003-09-23T14:28:22Z")
Perching ducks (like the wood duck) can. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/6 "2003-09-23T14:28:53Z")
I was sure this thread was going to involve sound waves bouncing off solid objects. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/7 "2003-09-23T15:32:27Z")
There is in fact a group of ducks (genus _Dendrocygna_) that are known as “tree ducks” from their habit of nesting/perching in trees. They are also known as “whistling ducks:” [Black-bellied Whistling (Tree) Duck](http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/whistlingduck.php) [Fulvous Whistling (Tree) Duck](http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/debi_ng.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-point-blank-question-about-ducks/203310/8 "2003-09-23T16:08:15Z")
Whuckdistle?