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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1986
Page
17
A wildlife note recounts blue indigo buntings seen in three groups with two adult males and five females or immatures. The indigo bunting’s all blue male is contrasted with drabber brown females. Observations include song duration brief notes, molt to brown winter plumage, and late-season movements of sandpipers swallows and grosbeaks.
The USFWS spring waterfowl survey shows breeding duck numbers up slightly from 1985, aided by better prairie habitat and last fall's lower harvest. Mallards reach 6.351 million, up 16 percent but 24 percent below the 1955–85 average. pintails climb to 3.201 million, 9 percent higher yet 44 percent below the long term average. Other species show varied gains while overall increases warrant cautious interpretation says Frank Dunkle.
The Wisconsin DNR will hold hearings in La Crosse on Aug 20 and Appleton on Aug 21 to discuss a proposed 1986 waterfowl season with a 40 day duck season split in the south, a 50 day Canada goose season, a 16 day late scaup season, and stricter non toxic shot rules. Commentary ends Aug 22.
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