Backyard bird feeder drama shows starling and squirrel dominance
Sam Robbins recounts two days of watching a 40 by 40 foot yard in Wisconsin as starlings and gray squirrels dominate suet and table feeders. Sparrows juncos and nuthatches struggle for bites, while chickadees and cardinals avoid honeypot feeders, suggesting multiple feeders and varied seed help smaller birds survive aggressive neighbors.
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Wisconsin
Sam Robbins
Madison
Milwaukee Public Museum
P.O. Box
Eau Claire
More bear hunt permits likely for next season
The Wisconsin DNR seeks approval from the Natural Resources Board to issue more bear hunting permits in 1988. Officials propose a higher fall pre hunt population goal of 5800 and a harvest target of 1000 bears with 2080 permits, across Zone A 1580, Zone B 330, Zone C 180, plus earlier permit selection from January 15.
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State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Natural Resources Board
Dave Grestson
Grestson
Six ice anglers face charges for overfishing in Bayfield County
Six Stevens Point men may be charged after warden records show 462 panfish and 562 over the possession limit found during arrests in Ashland and Stevens Point. The group fished on a small lake near Iron River as Wisconsin rules cap daily bag limits at 50 panfish and allow up to double possession when off the water. Each man faces counts for over the daily bag and possession limits with penalties up to 98.60 per count and potential forfeitures up to 1,000 plus court costs.
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Bayfield County
Stevens Point
Mark DiSalvo
Ashland
Iron River
Wiesner
Wisconsin
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By Sam Robbins
The
Conservation Congress
Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Wisconsin Bowhunters Association
Brule
LeRoy Wiesner
Mullet Metal Shop
Cashton
Ron Rogers
Middleton
Rick Keiser
Brooklyn
Ken Henderson
Union Grove
Gary Dvoracek
Holmen
Cargill
Cargills
Faribault Foods, Inc
Mondovi
P.O
Faiibault, MN
Chippewa Falls
Morton Buildings, Inc
Wausau
Lilac Ave
U.P
Fall
Wwe
Dodgeville
Wis
Cloverleaf Farm Supply & Marketing, Inc
Green Bay
Leland
Leland 270
Allied All Hyd
Allis
Freeman
David Brown
John Deere
GMC Inc
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