A wrap-up message to the team:
We had a good year. 12 clutches, with hatches in all but 1 — a late clutch of only 2 eggs. A conservative estimate is 47 Wood Duck fledglings and 63 Hooded Merganser fledglings.
That estimate does not include the nest in box #13: we did not get a good estimate of the number of eggs.
And it does not count box #3: I counted 25 Wood Duck eggs on 11 April, and when I checked on 23 May, I found 1 unfledged duckling but not enough evidence that 24 eggs had hatched. I also didn’t see evidence of predation, so I’m not sure what went on in that box….
Monitors and box installers, thank you for all your help!
More recordkeeping and summarizing to do.