Migration of Birds revised reveals modern data riches
Steven Peterson updates Frederick Lincoln’s Migration of Birds with new banding data, radio telemetry and radar studies. The 1935 classic detailed long and short distance routes, speeds and perils, now reissued to reflect decades of observations from Fish and Wildlife Service, volunteers, and new tech tracking bird migration.
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Frederick C. Lincoln
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Steven R. Peterson
The
Fish and Wildlife Service
Mr. Lincoln
Lincoln
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Peterson
Steven Peterson
Frederick Lincoln
Kamikaze goose sinks hunter's skiff in Manitowoc marsh
Gary Hacker of Manitowoc and son Scott 13 shot two Canada geese overhead in Collins Marsh area. The second bird crashed into their plywood skiff, sank it in 30 feet of water, and forced them to shore after a partner helped. In separate notes, Hayward DNA nursery reports sugar maple red oak and highbush cranberry shrubs sold out. state cost-sharing available via county ASCS offices.
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Gary Hacker
Manitowoc
Scott
Collins Marsh
Hacker
Hayward
Boscobel
Wisconsin Rapids
ASCS
Diet of great horned owls and red tailed hawks in Wisconsin
Technical Bulletin III reports cottontail rabbits as the primary food for both owls and hawks in winter and spring. Pheasants are also eaten, with predation influenced by alternate prey like mice and voles and by weather. Heavy snow and excessive spring rain alter pheasant vulnerability and nesting cover. State land management reduces raptor pheasant predation by removing perches and creating dense nesting cover and winter patches.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Eyes Hunter's Choice Plan For 1980 Deer Hunt
Wisconsin wildlife managers anticipate a 120000 to 130000 deer harvest this fall, roughly matching preseason forecasts. A hunter's choice plan proposes one deer of any sex per permit in selected units, with individual permits replacing group tags and public hearings in 1980 guiding adoption before the 1980 season.
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West Central District
Terry Valen
Hwy. 64
The
Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin seeks tighter rules to protect loons and other wildlife
Wisconsin's Natural Resources Board heard that loons and other non game birds and mammals face threats from pursuit by boaters and disturbances on northern lakes. James Hale urged including non game species in regulations, with draft rules to be considered at the January meeting. Grace James praised loons as symbols of wilderness.
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Aristotle
Mr. Robbins
Medford
United Church of Christ
Dorchester
Milwaukee Public Museum
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Rush Lake
Winnebago
Lower
Green Bay
James Hale
Hale
Natural Resources Board
Cliff Messinger
Messinger
Oneida County
Grace James
Milwaukee
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By Sam Robbins
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Massachusetts
B.C
Willard
Robbins Nest
Mr. Hacker
John Borkenhagen
Hayward Dna
State Natural Resources Board
Valen
West Central
Black River Falls
Ron Holcomb
Bob Dress
Big Bucks
Douglas County
Northwest
Dress
DNR
Madison
Frank Haberland
Deer Kill
Ashland
Barron
Bayfield
Burnett
Douglas
Polk
Price
Rusk
Sawyer
Taylor
Washburn
Mr. Hale
Thomas Klein
Olson Institute
Wisconsin Project Loon Watch
Mr. Klein
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