Xanthocephalus Song And The Yellow Headed Bird Tale
The narrator recalls a six week 1937 visit to Madison Wisconsin and a sighting of a lone yellow headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. He discusses the bird’s tinny nasal song, debates on attempting to verbalize it, notes bird behavior rules and breeding habits, and muses on the species’ western origin and occasional eastern wanderings including Wisconsin winters and past invasions.
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Madison
Dunn’s Marsh
Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus
Xantho
Cephalus
Xanthocephalus
Wisconsin deer damage program seeks aid for crop losses
Wildlife damage from a growing deer herd could cost Wisconsin croplands as much as 37 million dollars annually, prompting the DNR to launch a wildlife damage program. An anticipated 486,500 dollar two year appropriation falls short of the 818,000 dollar county need, with a proposed one dollar hunting license surcharge potentially boosting funds to about one million.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Department of Natural Resources
Thomas Hauge
DNR
Bureau of Wildlife Management
Hauge
Wyoming ranchers paid by hunters coupon program totals
Wyoming landowners received 675432 dollars last year for letting hunters use their land. Ranchers get eight dollars per coupon returned to the Game and Fish Department by February 1. Converse County led payouts at 90912 dollars with Natrona and others following.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Converse County
Natrona
Crook
Campbell
Johnson, Carbon
Watson
Niobrara Counties
Wandering bear destroyed after 10 day Wisconsin trek
A 140 pound yearling black bear captured near Madison after a 10 day roam through Grant Iowa and Dane counties was tranquilized and destroyed on June 9 in Clark County. DNA officials cited paralysis from the tranquilizer dart as the cause.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Grant County
Iowa County
Dane County
Clark County
Matthews
Wisconsin lakes not dead says DNR after column dispute
Chicago Tribune columnist John Husar defended his claim that 1700 Wisconsin lakes were dead or dying from acid rain. DNR officials said only one lake may have fish kills, 302 lakes are acidic but not dead, and about 1400 are at risk, with no evidence of immediate danger to health or tourism.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Ontario
Illinois
North America
Chicago
Department of Natural Resources
John Husar
Chicago Tribune
DNR
Natural Resources Board
Lyman Wible
Wible
Wisconsin Lakes
Richelle Lisse
Husar
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Yellow-Head
A.C. Bent
Oka Wee Wee
Greenland
Nova Scotia
Cuba
Minnesota
Commission On Hunting and Fishing
Monroe County
Trempeleau County
Sauk County
Marquette County
Wandering Bear
Thorp
Greg Matthews
DNA
Lakes
Mr. Wible
Izaak Walton League
Izaak Walton Leage
Mr. Husar
Suzuki
OAK Creek Motor Sports, Inc
S. 27Th Street
Oak Creek
Mischler's Cycle Shop
St. Beaver Dam
HONDA
Jackson Dr
Oshkosh
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