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2/10/2021
Wood duck boxes installed at local pond
Josh Johnson, left, John Sanna, center, and Angel Conroy installing a wood duck box at Valley Falls Pond on Jan. 31. The boxes will provide shelter and protection for the colorful waterfowl.
John Sanna has waited five years for the right weather conditions to freeze the ice enough at Valley Falls Pond so that he could go out and install wood duck boxes, and on Sunday, Jan. 31, the Cumberland native saw his opportunity.
Along with several family members, Sanna installed seven of these boxes, meant to provide shelter for wood ducks, which thrive in swamps and marshes, at the pond located at the border of Lincoln, Cumberland, and Central Falls. Last week he said he was hoping to get back out and install more boxes in Cumberland but wasn’t sure if the ice would be too thin for him to do it safely.