Wildlife Weekly
Wildlife Weekly
Invasive Plant Species
On Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Sandberg explains invasive plant species. Invasive means that they aren’t local plants, typically they come when people or animals travel. There are about four thousand invasive species in the US. Invasive species are ruining ecosystems. They disrupt the water, soil and wildlife already in that area. Here in Madison there […]
Mange
This week on Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds talks about Mange and how to find and help save an animal with Mange. Mange affects mammalian species and can cause many problems for animals. Mange is caused by parasitic mites that burrow under the skin of the animal it is infecting and lays its eggs. Mange takes […]
Wildlife Weekly: Storm Injuries
This week on Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society, talks to us about the effects the recent storms have had on the local wildlife. The storms have caused many animals that are injured, drowned, or sick to come into the rehabilitation center. Some of the animals include a Red-tailed hawk that […]
Bird Nests
This week on Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society talks about bird nests that are destroyed during a storm. The nest could carry eggs or baby birds so it is important to know what to do. It is best to get the birds back as soon as possible as the […]
Bird Strikes
On this episode of Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society Wildlife Center, talks to us about bird strikes. She states that as we live in a very urban part of Wisconsin, birds hitting our windows are a common occurrence. This is due to us being in the Midwest Flyway, which […]
Ducks
This week, Jackie Edmunds of the Dane County Humane Society Wildlife Center reports on the duck species of Wisconsin, explaining how to tell the difference between duckling species. The most common ducks in the Madison area are Mallards, which are herbivores, and Wood Ducks, which are insectivores. She tells us about the basics of Mallard ducklings, […]
