Travel Wild Wisconsin : A Seasonal Guide to Wildlife Encounters in Natural Places /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrews, Candice Gaukel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wildlife watching.
Wildlife viewing sites.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
NATURE > Animals > General.
Faune > Observation > Sites > Wisconsin.
Faune > Observation > Wisconsin.
Wildlife viewing sites > Wisconsin.
Wildlife watching > Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin > Guides.
Wisconsin > Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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