Artic breeder“This is the first one we’ve gotten this year” said curator of animals Lori Bankson. She said their “old skunk-head” nickname is due to the resemblance in color in females like this one. Bankson said scoters are diving ducks that migrate to the Arctic from the east coast to breed in the summer months, …
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By Freddy MoyanoCorrespondent BROWN COUNTY – Strong storms that swept through the area in early September, bringing heavy rainfall and high winds, may very well have been the culprit that led a young osprey to become our headline-maker this week. “He came to us on Sept. 1, just found, unable to fly, having problems securing …
By Freddy MoyanoCorrespondant GREEN BAY – Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (BBWS) otter ambassadors, Sadie and Sammy, passed away within days of each other last week due to underlying illnesses. In my many trips to the BBWS this year for the Rehabilitation Animal of the Month series, I have learned that the risk of death due …
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By Freddy MoyanoCorrespondent BROWN COUNTY – Recall in the late part of spring when we were told by Lori Bankson, curator of animals at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary’s (BBWS), that their observation building was experiencing one of their busiest times of the year? This, Bankson said, was mainly due to newborn animals in need …
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By Freddy MoyanoCorrespondent BROWN COUNTY – The Press Times kicked off its Rehabilitation Animal of the Month series in the Feb. 28 issue – highlighting Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary’s first rehab animal of the year, a barred owl. Curator Lori Bankson said the feathered creature was most likely hit by a car which injured its …
By Greg SeubertWaupaca County Post GREEN BAY – For nearly 90 years, the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary has made a name for itself as the home of Wisconsin’s second largest wildlife rehabilitation program – caring for more than 6,000 orphaned and injured animals annually. After a delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sanctuary is …
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Freddy Moyano Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – It’s the busy spring season at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. Curator Lori Bankson said staff and volunteers have cared for more than 500 animals in May alone. On average, the sanctuary takes in about 6,000 animals a year, so to have more than 500 in a two-week period, …
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Limp Bizkit makes a visit, the divas take on The Tarlton and Captain’s Walk offers new food pairings
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A new park bench is on its way to Green Bay, thanks to the recycling efforts of residents. Since June, the city has been participating in the NexTrex Recycling Program, which turns plastic films typically difficult to recycle into composite benches for communities. NexTrex, a Winchester, Virginia-based company, …
By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – Three De Pere firefighters can add “owl handler” to their resumes after an unusual call April 1. After nesting in an old red-tailed hawk nest, an eight-week-old juvenile great horned owl plunged roughly three stories to the street in a residential neighborhood when the firefighters were dispatched to …
