What Kind of Bird Lays Dozens of Eggs in a Nest? A wood duck can lay up to 15 eggs in one nesting attempt, but a single nest may have as many as 40 eggs from more than one female. Interestingly ...

Jim Abrams offers insight on one of his favorite jobs as a game protector for the Division of Wildlife: placing and maintaining wood duck nesting boxes.

Wood ducks prefer to nest in tree cavities alongside lakes or ... with predator guards failing, eggs being left and other issues that makes the boxes unsuccessful nesting sites.