Common Grackle Description and Habitat Notes
Critter Corner profiles the common grackle a jay sized blackbird with a wedge shaped tail and iridescent blue to purple to bronze plumage and bright yellow eyes. Nests five pale blue eggs in bulky stick nests in trees or bushes. range spans from Alberta to Newfoundland and south to the Gulf Coast with wintering to Kansas and New England.
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Williams defends ANWR drilling with cautious limits
Outdoors writer Les Winkeler reports Williams saying Congress would direct drilling on ANWR and his department would ensure minimal environmental damage if pursued. He notes practical acceptance yet laments a less militant stance by public land stewards.
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Attendance at Illinois natural sites hits all time high in last year
Attendance at Illinois Department of Natural Resources sites exceeded 44 million last year as visits rose across the state since 1997. Union County Refuge Kinkaid Lake and the Tunnel Hill State Trail posted the largest gains while flooding and a snowy winter helped declines at Cache River. A hunter safety class is planned at John A Logan College August 8 9 with registration details provided.
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Kinkaid Lake
Carlyle Lake
Tunnel Hill State Trail
Cache River State Natural Area
Sinois Department of Natural Resources
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Hunter Gasaway Hears Rhino Shot After Dart Fails
Gasaway tracks a large rhino in Africa with a hunting party. The M-99 tranquilizer hits the animal but fails to stop it immediately. After spotting three rhinos, he fires under a bush and finally strikes the shoulder as the animal slows then regains speed. The hunt ends at midday due to heat and danger.
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Multilake fishing report covers Crappie bass and catfish action
Crab Orchard Crappie remain steady in 7 to 9 feet with minnows and jigs. Bluegill in shallow water take wax worms and crickets. Bass near weed beds on spinner baits and jigs. tapwater baits mornings and evenings. Horseshoe Lake light traffic with crappie around tree bases and moderate bluegill success. bass and catfish slow. Lake of Egypt slowed, crappie in 15 to 18 feet over brush, minnows and jigs effective. bass on soft plastics. Kinkaid sees light traffic but rising bass action with 4 to 5 pound fish. walleye on live bait tipped jigs and deep-diving cranks. Lake Murphysboro catfish best on night crawlers and stink baits. bluegill on wax worms, crickets, red wigglers. Little Grassy crappie 15 to 18 feet, bluegill moved off beds, bass on tapwater baits over points. Mermet Lake bluegill redear good along rip rap. catfish on minnows and crickets. Ohio River Smithland Pool bass and catfish good. shad gut and cut shad effective. bluegill steady in creeks. Bend Lake catfish excellent in 3-4 feet. crappie 8-10 feet near beaver piles and rip rap. white bass on flukes and Little Georges near rip rap and bridges. Largemouth still good on spinner baits near bridges and flooded timber. bluegill fair. water ~76 degrees and lake three feet above normal.
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Lake of Egypt
Kinkaid
Lake Murphysboro
Mermet Lake
Ohio River
Smithland Pool
Bend
Rip
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