Tonight is the premiere of our In Wisconsin special called "Our Birds". For the past 2 years Reporter Jo Garrett and Videographer Frank Boll have been crafting this documentary about Wisconsin's migratory birds. It premieres tonight at 7:00 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television.

We also just found out today that Milwaukee Public Television will air this hour long documentary on May 12, 9:00pm and repeat it May 14, 2:00pm.

Give it a watch and then drop us a line in the comment section below. We'd like to hear your feedback. Emjoy the show.

This week on In Wisconsin we have several new reports and an oldie but goodie.

We will revisit a report from In Wisconsin's Jo Garrett. The Stormy Kromer is a hat that has been part of Wisconsin's history and culture for more than a century. The hat was invented by Kaukauna native Stormy Kromer. It's a clever combination of a baseball hat with pull-down earflaps and now it's taking on a Green Bay Packers twist.

We'll take you to one of Wisconsin's newest tourist attractions, the Canoe Heritage Museum. In Wisconsin Reporter Liz Koerner spotlights how this museum came to be in the small town of Spooner.

The 38th annual American Birkebeiner is the largest cross-country ski race in North America and this weekend more skiers than ever before will start the race. John Kotar, a Birkebeiner founder, talks about the beauty and tradition of the race, and the impact of climate change. Plus you'll get a humorous essay from Michael Perry about the calendar and that shrinking woodpile. It's all this week on In Wisconsin Thursday night at 7:30p on Wisconsin Public Television.

I'm scripting a story that was based in the Turtle-Flambeau Scenic Waters Area.

I tell you, it's so pretty outside, I'd like to just take you, me, and the viewing audience for "In Wisconsin" and high-tail it up to the Turtle-Flambeau to see the fall colors. Any chance that someone from that area could send a photo?

Fall in Wisconsin. The best.

This week we're editing a story on Wisconsin Taverns, specifically a photo exhibit by Hudson based photographer Carl Corey, called "Wisconsin Tavern League". Information on Corey's stunning photos can be found on his website

Check it out but also check out a website with the fabulous name, "Floating Sheep" that gives a graphic take on data. They give a graphic take on the following: the ratio of grocery stores to taverns. (Ah the twists and turns of research!)

Anyway, the folks at Floating Sheep show us what we probably already knew, we have more taverns than grocery stores.

But here's the surprise: we're not number one! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out the website to discover our ranking and find out who has bested us when it comes to this aspect of beer.

We shot a story this week profiling Wisconsin photographer, Carl Corey. In the course of the shoot we met Corey's new eight month old mastiff/terrier mix canine. Name? Cheddar.

Corey has his eye on what matters in Wisconsin. In addition to his well-named dog, Corey has a beautiful photography series titled "The Tavern League" and that is what we profiled in this week's shoot.

We traveled to Dodgeville to interview Corey in the "Red Room Bar and Restaurant", one of the taverns profiled in his series. Check out the Tavern League photography series here. And if you're at the Red Room, check out the bread pudding.

I get the opportunity to work on a number of different shows for Wisconsin Public Television. This week one of my "tasks" was to go on a 90 minute Mississippi River boat cruise. The Mississippi Explorer Cruise took a small group of folks out in a back channel of the river to look for wildlife. We saw a bald eagle on a nest, lots of sunning turtles (that plopped into the water as the boat approached), blue herons, a beaver den, some small shorebirds identified by a local as "snipes". Turkey vultures soared overhead, swallows zoomed past, and for a brief moment we saw a flash of orange . . . a Baltimore Oriole.

Now that's livin.