We’re a place of natural beauty, but a beauty yet augmented through our own, often agricultural, efforts. Our farming – big and small — is the envy of all America. One need look no father than a new website, Wisconsin Happy Farm, to see the wonders awaiting at hobby farm. I’ve a screen shot of…
Animals
Animals, Nature
The Decorah Eagle Cam
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Animals
Rare white wombats from Australia
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Animals
Highlights of Puppy Bowl VIII
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Animals
Puppy Bowl VIII
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Animals, Nature
Six more weeks of winter
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Here’s a recording of Punxsutawney Phil’s 2012 prediction that six more weeks of winter await us. I know that there are local groundhogs in the forecasting biz, but here at FW only the most reputable, established, and celebrated groundhog will do. That’s Phil. video platform video management video solutions video player Okay, for those who…
Animals, Conservation, Nature
Den Cam Shows Maine Bear Cubs’ Birth
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Animals, Conservation
The Amazing San Diego Zoo Condor Cam
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Live from the San Diego Zoo, it’s a condor cam. CONDOR CAM LINK Here’s the SD Zoo’s description of what’s waiting online: You Are Watching. . . … Sisquoc and Shatash take turns sitting in their nest incubating an egg! Because every California condor egg is so important, their real egg has been removed for…
Animals
Dog found alive four days after Montana avalanche
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A small, happy result after a greater tragedy: BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A dog that was feared dead after he was swept away in a weekend avalanche that killed his owner showed up four days later at the Montana motel where his owners had stayed the night before going backcountry skiing. Via Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
Animals, Science/Nature
So, why can’t humans fly like birds?
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Animals, Science/Nature, Wisconsin
Winter bald-eagle-watching events held around state
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Well worth watching: Each winter, hundreds of bald eagles congregate along areas of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers where they feed on fish in the open water below dams. Wildlife officials say this is the largest concentration of wintering bald eagles in the lower 48 states, offering some of the best eagle viewing in the…
Animals, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 1.3.12
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Good morning. A mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-four for the Whippet City, but in Los Angeles, it will be a sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-two. If you’re a botanist, 2012 starts as a memorable year: you don’t have to record new species with Latin descriptions, and you can record…