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Christine Thomas

Christine Thomas: A bluebird (nest box) day at the little cabin

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

On March 7, my friend, Pat Empson, who lives near an orchard north of Traverse City, Mich., posted a great Facebook photo of an eastern bluebird perched on what looks like a piece of furniture in her yard. A week later, her local television station featured it in two of its newscasts.
“Wow!” I exclaimed, as I showed the photo to my husband, Stan. “This seems early. I guess we had better get our nest boxes cleaned out.”

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Christine Thomas: It’s been a weird winter at the little cabin

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion, Wisconsin /

It was another balmy winter day in central Wisconsin. After lunch, I loaded up my Airedale, Major, in the Jeep and headed out to enjoy some sunshine at the little cabin.
My plan was to start a fire in the woodstove to get the cabin warmed up a bit. There are some rotting log issues, and a contractor was coming to look at the project the next day. More on that in a future column.

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Christine Thomas: Remembering Tom Heberlein, a giant in natural resources research

Featured, Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Opinion, Wisconsin /

“He was the guy I was most afraid of, but he turned out to be my champion,” I said to Pat Durkin the night I called him to reminisce about Tom Heberlein.
I had just heard that he had passed away. I knew Tom and Pat were friends and hunting buddies. I needed to talk. I did not know who else to call. Pat quoted me in his recent tribute to Tom. I thought that quote could use a bit of explanation. It also gave me an opening to provide my own tribute.

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Christine Thomas: The black walnut saga continues

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

“I picked up some black walnuts for you a couple of days ago,” shared my friend, Sue Zimmer. “However, I tried to peel the husks and they were infested with worms. They were so gross that I threw them away. Yuck!” 
You met Sue last year when I wrote about taking her two Airedales, Chipper and Buckwheat, pheasant hunting. That article is on my website, www.christinethomasoutdoors.com, if you missed it.

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Christine Thomas: A great 2023 deer season is a wrap

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Wisconsin /

For reasons that I do not know, and that do not matter to this narrative, my husband, Stan, had arranged to meet a client at the Arnott Milling Company in Arnott. I was waiting in the Suburban, undoubtedly scanning my iPad, when I was startled by a guy who was motioning for me to roll down my window. Arnott seems like a pretty safe place, so I did.
“Did anyone shoot Indy?” he asked.

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