FLOODS, FISH, and FOOD. These are just some of the ingredients that allowed local wildlife, and some beginning migratory shore bird arrivals, to focus on food. Where there is food, it seems wildlife will explore and exploit it while it lasts. Flood waters from recent high rain events caused ...

WILDLIFE ADVENTURES are cool happenings. Periodically, a foray to familiar places is a good thing to recall past times and see again some iconic wildlife. With cameras at hand and time on our side, my wife and I took time recently to explore several places while going to and from the ...

OTTER CREEK MARSH will always offer a never ending challenge to wildlife biologists and managers. The trick is to work with natural weather related cycles and conditions to make the best of available opportunities to enhance certain wetland vegetation or cut back or curtail vegetation when ...

SUMMER SEASON is fast approaching. The magic date is June 20, 2025 when our Earth’s axial tilt is at its maximum toward the sun. For spherical objects like our Earth, the northern hemisphere receives its most direct sunlight rays. Day length is at or near its peak of 15 hours and 15 ...

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely aquatic and live in ocean environments. Shrews are land animals that can be found in prairie grasslands, or along forested edges or wetland fringes. For today’s ...

What is most important when looking at and watching birds? The easy answer is to carefully look at the entire bird. You will have lots of time afterwards to consult bird book field guides. Obvious characteristics of shape, habitat it is using, feather colors, help eliminate many choices ...