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This is one of the three endangered Yellow-billed Cotingas, for the first time, captured using mist nets, fitted with tracking devices and released unharmed near the Costa Rican town of Rincon. This rare bird about which relatively little is known is endemic to the Pacific slope mangrove forests of Panama and Costa Rica.
Watch the gang from Sudden Impact and Winglock Calls get into a bunch of Hutchinson’s geese in central Illinois, including one bird banded in Baffin Island near Greenland.
County: Knox
Date and Season: Nov. 13, 2008; Bow
Notable: Buck unofficially green-scored 174 5/8 inches.
County: Sangamon
Size: 8 pounds, 8 ounces
Date: March 14, 2009
Notable: Bass biggest ever seen at Lake Springfield.
The Rend Lake fishing report has been pretty stable for the last three weeks or so. Fishing remains excellent for crappie and catfish. Largemouth bass, bluegill and white bass are rated good.
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Damage to trees expected to be long-lastingArborist Guy Sternberg: “(The loss of trees in the coming years) is going to make the corn crop look like a minor mosquito bite compared to what we are going to be facing with our trees."
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Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home three pheasants or a deer are finding the years of abundance may be over. Three brutal winters and a steady loss of habitat have hurt reproduction and reduced the number of animals hunters have seen this season, wildlife and conservation experts say.
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Safety reminder for gun huntersIllinois hunters are reminded of deer check-in requirements and staying safe during firearm hunt this weekend and Dec. 3-6.
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Illinois fishing report 3-18-10Crappie are biting, the ice is gone and rivers are running muddy right now in much of Illinois. That's not unusual for an early spring fishing report, which also features muskie, northern pike, walleye and a few decent bass.
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The bird was rescued last week near Sadorus, about 10 miles south of Champaign. The eagle has a broken bone in its left wing.
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