You can legally keep them in Tenn. I have some! You do have to have a permit if it is a native bird to your area. If you purchase birds from someone, they transfer the permit # to you.
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So what happens for those "rescue ducklings"? We had two show up in our yard and they couldn't have been over a few days old. No ponds, lakes or streams super close. It never dawned on me that they were wild wood ducks until the one survivor started feathering out and we realized we really have a wood duck (a bird I have admired since a small child and saw my first picture in my science book). (I know this is an old thread...just looking for suggestions.