Travel Wild Wisconsin : A Seasonal Guide to Wildlife Encounters in Natural Places /
Have you ever heard a wolf howl in Wisconsin's Northwoods, watched thousands of ancient sturgeon roil the waters of one of the largest inland lakes in the United States, or tagged a monarch butterfly before it begins one of the world's great migrations to its winter habitat in Mexico? This...
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Madison :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : It's discovery
- not distance
- that matters
- Spring. April. Greater Prairie Chickens : Sitting Out the Dance ; Buena Vista Wildlife Area in Bancroft
- Sturgeon : Spotting Those Who Spawn ; Lake Winnebago, the Wolf River, and the Shawano Dam
- Sharp-Tailed Grouse : Liking the Land Between ; Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area in Northwest Wisconsin
- May. American Bison : Peeking into the Mountain MacKenzie Environmental Education Center in Poynette
- Summer. June. White-Tailed Deer : Ferreting Out a Phantom ; Sandhill Wildlife Area in Babcock
- July. Loons : Counting on the Croix ; Saint Croix Flowage in Gordon
- August. Monarch Butterflies: Playing Tag ; The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor
- Fall. September. Elk : Heeding the Bugler's Call ; Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Clam Lake
- Whooping Cranes : Saving a Spirited Species ; Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Necedah
- October. Sandhill Cranes : Going Out for the Night, as They Come In ; Crex Meadows Wildlife Area in Grantsburg
- Saw-Whet Owls : Touching What's Wild ; Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve in Two Rivers
- Canada Geese : Dealing with Dueling Attitudes ; Horicon National Wildlife Refuge and Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area in Southeast Wisconsin
- November. Tundra Swans : Losing and Looking to the Future ; Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Alma, Wisconsin, and Brownsville, Minnesota
- Winter. January/February. Bald Eagles : Watching a Winter River ; Wisconsin River in Prairie du Sac
- Gray Wolves : Tracking and Howling ; Treehaven in Tomahawk
- Appendix : How to Help Wildlife in Wisconsin.