2000 Phenology: January(1/8) Wooly Bear crawling up the stairs at O'Neil's Pub (1/16) White-winged Crossbill near State Road School (1/19) Mini blizzard February(2/22) Reports of wasps (2/22) Turkeys displaying (2/25) Canada Geese heard overhead (2/28) In marsh ~50 geese, ~12 Mallards, ~40 Cedar Waxwings March(3/1) ~50 Eagles flew over bluff between 8 & 8:30 a.m. (3/3) Robins & Killdeer (3/8) Great Blue Heron in the Marsh (3/9) Pasque Flower on Birch Point (3/16) In Marsh - Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked Duck (3/17) Green & Blue Teal, Turkey Vulture (3/20) Earthworms (3/23) Mosquitoes, Mourning Doves (3/29) Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Barrow's Goldeneye, Wood Duck pair, American Wigeon April(4/1) White Pelican, Common Merganser (4/2) Bloodroot, Mourning Cloak (4/5) Garter Snake by the road (4/11) Kingfisher, Tree Swallows (4/12) River Otter in the Marsh (very cool!) (4/13) Rue Anemone (4/18) Wood Violet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pheobes (4/24) Turtles in the Marsh (4/25) Wood Ticks on children (4/28) In the Marsh - Baby Geese, Palm Warbler, Coyote seen at midnight crossing Hwy 16 (4/30) On Prairie - Hoary Puccoon, Shooting Star May(5/3) Blue Racer in parking lot (5/4) Baby muskrats, Ducklings, Goslings, Toad on Quarry Road (5/5) Timber Rattlesnake on Sumac Trail (5/16) Pileated Woodpecker on Bur Oak Trail (5/18) Robins on eggs, Wren nesting in flag pole June(6/16) Squirrel in squirrel box on Big Loop Trail (6/26) Pair of Ruby-crowned Kinglets July(7/7) Chiggers on prairie (7/24) Indigo Bunting in garden (7/28) Giant Swallowtail on Bur Oak Trail August(8/4) Woodchuck eating on side of road (one on Gillette St. & one on Hwy 16) (8/9) Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar on Milkweed plant in front of Nature Center (8/9) Wooly Bear Caterpillar by creek (8/9) Mink on Wood Duck Trail (8/17) ~75-100 Egrets staging in the Marsh (8/17) Sawfly larvae eating leaves on Dogwood out front September(9/6) Black-throated Green Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Black & White Warbler, Oven Bird, Red-eyed Vireo (9/7) Nighthawk flocks (9/8) Blackbirds flocking (9/13) Kinglets on Sumac Trail (9/14) Geese in V formation (9/15) Indian Pipes "blooming" (9/21) Bald Eagle circling overhead (9/21) Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Northern Shoveler, Common Yellowthroat (9/22) Timber Rattlesnake on Lookout Trail (9/23) Two Timber Rattlesnake on Lookout Trail (9/26) White-throated Sparrow on Bicentennial Link (9/27) Naturalist (Stephanie) breaks leg & injures shoulder on Lookout Trail (9/28) Juncos October(10/4) Very low water in the Marsh (10/8) Great White Egrets feasting on fish trapped in small area of water in the Marsh (10/10) Three Little Brown Snakes on Sumac & Lookout Trails (very cute!) (10/11) White Pelican flyover (10/16) In the Marsh - Northern Pintail, Kestrel, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Common Snipe (10/31) Clouded Sulphur Butterfly at McDonald's parking lot on Losey Blvd. November(11/2) Osprey & Bald Eagles soaring over bluffs & the Nature Center (11/3) ~12 separate flocks of Cranes flying over throughout the morning (11/8) Tufted Titmouse on Hickory Trail (11/16) Rough-legged Hawk in the Marsh (11/16) First snowfall ~1 inch DecemberNo Reports Click for 1999 Click for Sightings/Phenology Home Page | 
