I lived in Abilene from 99-07. I started seeing BBWD there around 2002 or so, mostly near the golf course lakes. Each year more and more appeared around town. Most evenings during the summers I would see 15-20 flying through our neighborhood and we were several miles from any significant water or golf courses. I would image there are thousands around town now, the lake at Fairway Oaks CC can have hundreds on it at a time. They would leave town in early November but once I did encounter a family group in mid December in a field with sheet water.

Very few wood ducks in Abilene.

Huh, grew up on Fairway and never saw a one. I hunt South of town and have never seen one either. There are some wood ducks at Lake Abilene, but they have only had it open for hunting for one or two years and its closed now.