How can a tiny wood duck baby survive a 60-foot fall? Discover God’s amazing design in wood ducks and what they teach us about trusting God’s voice.

Here’s our trail map:

• How Does a Duck Keep Its Feet Warm?
• What Is a Wood Duck?
• Where Does a Wood Duck Nest?
• How Does a Baby Wood Duck Survive a 60-Foot Fall?
• How Can We Trust and Follow God’s Voice?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27 (NIV)

“He (God) has planted eternity in the human heart.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard…” John 16:33 (NLT)

“Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings…” Hebrews 10:22 (NIV)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

Crest: A group of raised feathers on a bird’s head commonly used to identify certain species.

Countercurrent Circulation: A design allowing a duck to keep its body warm, even while its legs are in icy cold water, by trading heat between the blood in their feet and the rest of their bodies.

Tree Cavity: A tree cavity is a hole in a tree’s trunk that leads to a hollow area or sunken area inside the tree trunk. Formed by injury to the tree, branch loss, natural decay, or some birds.

Down Feathers: A layer of soft, fluffy feathers under the outer feathers that keep a bird warm. In many species including wood ducks, chicks are born with these down feathers.

Assurance: To have assurance is to be confident of something or to be certain about something.

Instinct: Instinct guides and helps us to do something that we have not learned how to do yet, often to stay safe. It’s like a deep knowledge that God tucked inside of us or an animal.

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