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Turkey hunters in Wisconsin having another very good spring season
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (96+ words) Hunters in Wisconsin registered 37, 468 wild turkeys through May 14, 2026. With about 30% of hunting opportunity remaining, hunters were on track to have another very good spring turkey hunting season. Turkey hunters in Wisconsin having another very good spring season With about one-third…...
Sharp-tailed grouse decline leads to recommendation for no hunt in '26
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (64+ words) No Wisconsin hunt expected for sharp-tailed grouse in '26 after population decline Milwaukee Journal Sentinel No Wisconsin hunt expected for sharp-tailed grouse in '26 after population decline A sharp decline in Wisconsin's largest remaining population of sharp-tailed grouse prompted Department of Natural…...
Tiny transmitters on falcon chicks usher in new era of peregrine recovery
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (72+ words) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tiny transmitters on falcon chicks usher in new era of peregrine recovery OAK CREEK " Greg Septon of Muskego had banded about 1, 500 falcon chicks since he founded the Wisconsin Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project in 1986. Each was fitted only…...
Peregrine falcon chicks named and banded at We Energies Oak Creek plant
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (27+ words) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Peregrine falcon chicks named and banded at We Energies Oak Creek plant...
Giant African stork finally caught after Wisconsin sightings
1+ week, 3+ day ago (42+ words) After weeks on the run, giant African stork caught in Wisconsin Milwaukee Journal Sentinel After weeks on the run, giant African stork caught in Wisconsin An African stork on the run in Wisconsin has been caught and taken to Safari…...
It's Fat Bird Week in Wisconsin; Vote for chubbiest chirper
2+ week, 3+ day ago (272+ words) May 8-15 is Wisconsin's third annual Fat Bird Week. The online contest is a partnership between the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin'and'SOS Save Our Songbirds, encouraging people to celebrate and learn about native birds by voting on their favorite chubby chirper....
Sightings of giant African stork puzzle Wisconsin birders
2+ week, 3+ day ago (585+ words) Some Wisconsinites have come across an unlikely and puzzling sight this week: a giant bird native to Africa, with an 8-to-10-foot wingspan. Online, birders and wildlife enthusiasts have identified the bird as a marabou stork, which naturally lives in…...
How Wisconsin is helping the endangered piping plover make a comeback
2+ week, 4+ day ago (403+ words) A small shorebird called the piping plover was added to the endangered species list in 1986, when there were only 17 pairs in the entire Great Lakes region, all of them in Michigan. But the piping plover has had a resurgence, and…...
Wild turkey celebration will flock Bascom Hill, student union in Madison | Paul A. Smith
2+ week, 4+ day ago (86+ words) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wild turkey celebration will flock Bascom Hill, student union in Madison | Paul A. Smith Alexander Pendleton of Shorewood remembers Sept. 4, 1979 as if it were yesterday. And though he was a freshman attending his first classes at the University…...
Cougar reproduction noted in Minnesota for first time in modern era
3+ week, 3+ day ago (22+ words) Researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project documented cougar reproduction in Minnesota, the first such evidence for the species in the modern era....