Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 22. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 5:21, for 12 hours, 25 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5 PM.
The Schrödinger impact crater sits near to the Moon’s south pole. Sprouting off it are two canyons — called Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck — each comparable in size to the Grand Canyon here on Earth. These were formed when debris, thrown up by a meteor or comet hitting the Moon, crashed back into the surface. Now, analysis suggests that these high-energy streams of rock could have excavated the canyons in under ten minutes. Understanding this area of the Moon is important as the region has been selected for investigation as part of NASA’s Artemis missions.
Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 35. Sunrise is 7:22 and sunset is 4:47, for 9 hours, 26 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 92.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1945, Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
Whitewater has geese at Cravath, but not far away by the Great Lakes one can find large numbers and varieties of gulls.
Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. [While the rocket reached orbit to launch a satellite, the first-stage booster missed its landing on a barge in the Atlantic. See Marcia Dunn, New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight, Associated Press, January 16, 2025.]
Sunday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:58, and sunset is 4:24, for 9 hours, 26 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 35.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1971, during a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 6:13, and sunset is 7:39, for 13h 25m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 59.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1835, the Michigan legislature incorporated the Wisconsin Internal Improvement Company to open communication between Green Bay and the Mississippi by land or water. The Governor of the Michigan territory (the Wisconsin territory was not yet created), Stevens T. Mason, also officially called for creating a western legislative council. Both actions were critical to the creation of the Wisconsin Territory.
Also on this day in 1835, the first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
By Benjamin Henry Day (1810-1889) – This file has been extracted from another file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71049508
A group of northern bald ibises are being guided by a microlight across central Europe in a pioneering form of assisted migration. Human “foster parents” raise them from chicks and sit in the aircraft to get the birds to follow them.
Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:29 and sunset 8:31 for 15h 02m 25s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 46.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Sydney, Australia, has some new social media stars. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are going viral in parks, public transport, and urban apartments, often leaving a trail of chaos behind them.
But the candidates for Australia’s “naughtiest bird” haven’t always lived in the city. So, what brought them here? And how are Sydney’s residents using smartphones to track them? We learn all about the Wingtag and Big City Birds projects.
Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset 8:37 for 15h 16m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 31.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1864, Pres. Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation.”
The sighting of a crested caracara near Ashland drew carloads of viewers and rave reviews from birders in extremely rare appearance of the species. https://t.co/nA2EG1noBe
Birders from Milwaukee, Madison, Green Lake and Appleton were among the crowd that showed up over the first 24 hours of the sighting.
For nearly all, it was the first time they experienced the species in the Badger State.
The crested caracara looks like a hawk with a sharp beak and talons but behaves like a vulture and is officially in the falcon family. To add to is aura, its nickname is the “Mexican eagle.”
Its typical range is from southern South America, through the Caribbean and Mexico and just into the southern U.S., primarily in Texas.
The bird is “instantly recognizable standing tall on long, yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face,” according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
That’s easy for Cornell to say. When it’s 2,000 miles out of place and been seen in Wisconsin only once before, it can take most state residents, even avid birders, more than a minute to identify.
The crested caracara prefers open country, flies low on flat wings, routinely walks on the ground and is not shy or reclusive, according to its Cornell description.
The species frequently perches on the tallest tree or structure around and is distinguished from vultures because it flies with flat wings (vultures have vee-shaped wings in flight).
In its native range, it is often seen beside vultures feeding on animal carcasses.
Wisconsin presents surprises for those who’ll look.
Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:40 and sunset 8:02 for 14h 21m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM.
On this day in 1915, Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
Varied bunting spotted in Grafton, first documented sighting in Wisconsin history https://t.co/f0pE2WE2Zl
GRAFTON – Birds were active about 6:35 a.m. Saturday as Bob Dohr of Pewaukee walked on a gravelly path atop the bluff at Lion’s Den Gorge Nature Preserve in Grafton.
A pair of northern cardinals, the brilliant red male and the tawny female, foraged near the trail. And nearby a smaller, darker bird but with a cardinal-like shape also showed.
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What they at first thought could be an indigo bunting, a bright blue songbird that nests in Wisconsin, turned out to be a close (genetically) but distant (geographically) relative.
The men scrutinized images of the bird on their cameras, shook their heads at the improbability of the evidence but had no doubt what they were seeing.
It was a varied bunting, a species mostly found in Mexico.
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The sighting was confirmed as the state’s first record of the species, said Mark Korducki of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology. The organization is the official keeper of state bird records.
Moreover, it is the farthest north the species has ever been documented, according to eBird, an online bird reporting system run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Only two other varied bunting sightings, one along Lake Erie in southern Ontario and one in Pennsylvania, have been recorded in eastern North America.
There are yet new discoveries to be made in Wisconsin, and far beyond.
Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 51. Sunrise is 6:51 and sunset 4:28 for 9h 37m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
By Jonathan Mauer – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50534668 The Western Electric No. 2500, a typical American 12-button phone of the 1970s and early 80s.
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 77. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 6:49 PM for 12h 05m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 58.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1846, astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann…
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 43. Sunrise is 6:00 AM and sunset 7:45 PM for 13h 44m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1970, the first Earth Day is celebrated. Some titles suggest…
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 19. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 4:22 PM for 9h 01m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 27.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1271, Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan,” officially marking the start of…
Good morning. Thanksgiving Day in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:58 AM and sunset 4:24 PM for 9h 25m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant…
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset 5:44 PM for 10h 11m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 73.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s armies are defeated…
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 53. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset 5:54 PM for 10h 32m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council goes into executive session shortly after 6:30 PM, to return to open session…