White-fronted goose guide notes habitat and range
This Crab Orchard notes a dusky brown goose with a white belly and face patch. It nests on tundra marshes, lays 5 to 6 cream eggs, and winters from British Columbia to California with Gulf Coast and Texas sightings. Also mentions rare eastern sightings and night migrations along the Great Plains. Refuges host eagle watching tours Jan 18 19 25 26 call (618) 997 3344. Compiled by Les Winkeler with field guide input from Mike Brown.
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Greenland
Alaska
Canada
British Columbia
California
Gulf
Texas
Louisiana
Sacramento Valley
Great Plains
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Les Winkeler
Mike Brown
National Audubon Society
Waterfowl counts show stable geese in Southern Illinois region
Illinois Department of Natural Resources aerial survey finds 73 050 Canada geese in the Southern Illinois western Kentucky area this week with Horseshoe Lake at 21 000 and Crab Orchard 20 000. Snow geese total 78 000 with Ballard County leading at 29 000 and Rend Lake 23 000. White-fronted geese total 17 400 with Union County at 6 000 and Horseshoe Lake 5 000. Trumpeter swans number 77 at Burning Star Mine. Ducks total 91 050 led by Horseshoe Lake 50 000 and Union County 23 000.
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Illinois-western
Kentucky
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Horseshoe Lake
Crab Orchard
Union County
Pyramid State Park
Ballard County
du Quoin State Fairground
Burning Star Mine
Rend Lake
Vandalia Lake
Keck’s Marsh
Carlyle Lake
Cache River
Ten Mile Creek
Southern Illinois
Phillips named region V manager in Illinois parks system
Long time Pyramid State Park site superintendent D L Phillips was named the Illinois Resources Region V land manager effective Jan 9. He will oversee 27 state parks and manage the region’s budget amid a hiring freeze and financial constraints. Phillips brings 28 years in wildlife forestry management and notes reduced staffing as operations scale down until positions are filled. Cha Hill serves as interim at Pyramid.
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Benton
David L. Phillips
Pyramid State Park
Pinckneyville
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Region
Phillips
Ron Summers
Illinois Department of Conservation
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Lake Murphysboro
Pyramid
Illinois
Sam Dale State Park
Rod Blagojevich
Cha
Conservation police seek information on deer poaching near Hurst
Southern Illinois conservation officers seek tips after seven deer carcasses were found near Hurst this week. Some deer heads were missing, others appear shot and left, none field dressed. Call Turn-In Poachers at 877 236 7529 or local officer at 618 435 8138 with information.
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Hurst
Benton — Conservation Police
Illinois
Monte Burnham
Region
Burnham
IDNR
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