Many birds and waterfowl are returning to Wisconsin, with excellent bird watching reported at the Navarino Wildlife area in Shawano County, Theresa Marsh in Dodge County, the Bong State Recreation Area in Kenosha County and at the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Many spring migrants are back, including red-wing blackbirds, grackles, bluebirds, robins, sandhill cranes, goldeneye, bufflehead, killdeer and common mergansers. Eagles are still plentiful along the lower Wisconsin River near the Prairie du Sac dam as well as along rivers in northern Wisconsin, and Animals are moving around now because of the unusual warm weather. Raccoons and possums, which are semi-hibernators, mated in January and will have their pups in March. Bear cubs are about eight weeks old.
Some bears are out of hibernation now which is a month ahead of time.
It's mating season for coyotes and foxes. Courtship rituals include howling at night. The warm weather allows many people to start some yard work. A new report is put on the line each week. There is no snow cover on snowmobile or ski trails.