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448 Great Things to do in Nature

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This has devastating consequences for their development and, ultimately, the health and future of humanity as a whole. Stacy Tornio grew up in Oklahoma, though she’s lived in Wisconsin for the last ten years. Through their work, they are both well qualified to author such a book. About the authors.

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Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis

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The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food! They are also found in the mountainous interior west as far south as Arizona and New Mexico, as well as in the far northern reaches of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New England.

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Reflecting on a Year of Less Birding

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In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. Not so much. I did not fall into that category.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. I’d wish for rehabber-appreciative regulators who don’t think adding paperwork equals adding security,” wrote Louise in Oregon.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. photo by Cyndi Routledge Here it is then, another angle on the proposed sandhill crane seasons in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” This brings us to those puzzling aqua-deliveries, none of which ever seem to entail wildlife that live in water. “We By a lawyer.” Soaked and ice cold!

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Last Flight for Operation Migration

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federal government’s Operation Migration program, which has used ultralight aircraft to teach migration routes to the endangered cranes, has flown its last group of Whoopers from Wisconsin to Florida. But this interaction with humans apparently interfered with adult birds’ ability to successfully mate and rear chicks.

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