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Daily Bread for 1.28.23: Public Listening Session for Wisconsin’s Wolf Management Plan

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be snowy with a high of 20. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset 5:03 PM for 9h 50m 47s of daytime. The moon is in its first quarter with 49.62% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1813, Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice is first published in the…

Cats, Faraway Places, Nature

Friday Catblogging: Bobcats in Connecticut

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Embed from Getty Images Connecticut, parts go which are suburbs of New York City, isn’t a place presently associated with bobcats. That perception should change, as   Daniel Figueroa IV reports North America’s most common wildcat has a large, but nearly invisible, home in the Nutmeg state: If you have, over the last few years,…

Animals, Birds, Daily Bread, Nature, Photography, Video

Daily Bread for 7.13.22: The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards

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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:29 AM and sunset 8:32 PM for 15h 03m 10s of daytime.  The moon is full with 99.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1787, the Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory.…

Cats, Nature

Friday Catblogging: Pumas as Influencers

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Phoebe Weston explains why the puma is a leading influencer in the animal kingdom: Researchers reviewed 162 studies published between 1950 and 2020 looking at how pumas – also known as mountain lions or cougars – enrich ecosystems and support other species. They found the large cats contribute 1.5m kilograms of meat a day to…