A female red-bellied woodpecker takes a bite of suet from a feeder cage. (Photo by Jerry Davis)
Feeders cannot go wrong putting out food for red-bellied woodpeckers.
During winter, if available, this woodpecker eats acorns, beechnuts, pine seeds, juniper berries, wild grapes, apples, orange pulp, suet, peanut butter and peanuts.
Annie Heathcote of Mazomanie has won Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin and will advance to the national competition in 2023. (Photo by Joe Block)
Editor’s note: Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin winner Annie Heathcote is a former employee of News Publishing Inc., the parent company of the Reedsburg Independent.
An incubating adult's white head can be seen between two pine branches. (Photo by Jerry Davis)
Bald eagle pairs are repairing perennial nests, building up the edges and even establishing rails on the margins for added safety when the young hatch 35 days after the first egg is laid. About 90 days after that the eaglet, or more, will fledge. New materials are often lighter colored than the older bottoms of nests.
A lot of time and money has been spent in our country coming up with increased security and contingency plans for the possibility of a terrorist or cyber-attack on our electrical grid.
With winter weather here, even losing power for a few hours poses risks when we rely so much on the grid to keep us warm.
South Central DHI has announced its best-performing animals through October.
The top Holstein came from the herd of Tim and Amy Ryan of Plain. No. 1170 produced 40,044 pounds of milk that tested at 4.1 percent and 4196 cheese yield.
