1999 Phenology: January(1/10) Creek frozen over bridge near tunnel, slushy on top - temperatures near 0 since 12/19 (1/10) Record #s of Robins seen around La Crosse (1/15) Pigmy Shrew near the Nature Center February(2/19) Grasshopper on Bur Oak Trail (2/23) Brown Creeper on Bur Oak Trail (2/25) 3 Geese flying overhead (2/28) Woodchuck in the Marsh March(3/3) Juncos spring song trill heard, Geese sighted (3/5) 2 Cranes flew overhead (3/17) 2 Hornets on the ground (3/18) Open water on the Marsh (3/19) 6 Hooded Mergansers, many Gulls & Geese, Mallards (3/20) 1 Water Strider under the bridge (3/21) Turkey Vultures by the bluffs (3/22) 3 Buffleheads, Redwing Blackbirds, Coots (3/23) Red Fox making den in Marsh grassy area (3/24) Many dead fish in the Marsh (3/25) Large flock of Cedar Waxwings over the bluffs (3/29) In the Marsh - 3 Egrets, 2 Sandhill Cranes, Cabbage Butterfly (3/31) Green-winged Teal, Green Tree Swallow, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Turkey Vultures, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bull Frogs propagating, Painted Turtles sunning April(4/1) Leopard Frogs calling in the Marsh (4/10) Chorus Frogs in the Marsh (4/11) Bloodroot blooming (4/12) Black & White Warbler on Sumac Trail, Egrets in the Marsh (4/13) Golden-crowned Kinglet near bathrooms on Bicentennial Trail, Great Blue Heron in the Marsh (4/19) Rue & Wood Anemone on Upper Fern (4/21) Ruby-crowned Kinglet over Girl Scout Building (4/23) Yellow-rumped warbler near building (4/26) Palm Warblers - Milson Court Parking Lot, Wren - Lower Fern Trail, Tufted Titmouse, Mayapples up (4/27) Liverwort on Lower Fern Trail, Bloodroot, Bellwort, Yellow-headed Blackbirds in the Marsh May(5/3) Grey Tree Frog on Sumac Trail (5/4) 2 quarter size Painted Turtles - 1 near Girl Scout Building & 1 near Boy Scout Building (5/5) Forked Fungus Beetles on Sumac Trail (5/10) Scarlet Tanager in Hixon Forest (very pretty) (5/10) Middle Prairie - One Flowered Cancer Root, Shooting Stars in bloom (5/19) Spiderwort blooming (5/26) Locust Borer Beetle on Upper Fern Trail, Ichneman Wasp on Fern Trail in woodpecker tree The species were seen on Pat Wilson's wonderful May birding hikes!Hixon ForestMourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Rough-winged Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse American Goldfinch Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black & White Warbler Northern Parula Black-throated Green Warbler Indigo Bunting White-throated Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Baltimore Oriole La Crosse River MarshCanada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Great Blue Heron Green Heron Great Egert Red-tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture Sora American Coot Virginia Rail Common Snipe Black Tern Spotted Sandpiper Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Belted Kingfisher Least Flycatcher Downey Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow American Robin Pied-billed Grebe Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird European Starling White-breasted Nuthatch Marsh Wren House Wren Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow House Sparrow American Goldfinch Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black & White Warbler American Redstart Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Blatimore Oriole Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird June(6/3) Timber Rattsnake seen behind the Nature Center near railroad tracks just beyond the walk-through by fence (6/3) Blue-eyed grass seed ripe on Middle Prairie (6/8) Hummingbird in Prairie Garden (6/15) Beardstongue prolific on Thompson Prairie July(7/1) In the Marsh - Leopard Frog, Pied-billed Grebe & 4 babies, Black Tern, Great Egret, 6 Great Blue Herons, Baby Toads, 2 schools of tiny Bullheads, Yellow Warbler, Muskrat, Mallard ducks with babies, Sunfish, Painted Turtle, Deerfly (7/6) Bullfrog in the La Crosse River (7/15) Intoxicated animals in area of Mulberry tree (7/27) Tortois Beetle in garden (7/30) Milkweed Beetle across tracks August(8/4) Starlings beginning to form large flocks (8/11) Garter Snake in front garden (8/30) Wooly Bear crossing County FA (8/31) Cormorant in the Marsh September(9/1) Common Moorhen in the Marsh (9/17) Timber Rattlesnake on Lookout Trail (9/18) Small Brown Snake (9/20) Bald Eagle, Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Heron October(10/1) First Snow! (10/6) Red Fox on Mouse Tree Loop NovemberNo Reports DecemberNo Reports Click for 1998 Click for Sightings/Phenology Home Page | 
