2002 Phenology:

January

No Report

February

No Report

March

No Report

April

(4/2) 6 Turkey Vultures, Snow! (Volunteer Naturalist Training)

(4/9) Great Horned Owl - Hickory Trail

(4/12) Dragonflies at Trane (Building 12) and by Hixon House

(4/17) Bloodroot, Dutchman's Breeches, Virginia Waterleaf in from of Nature Center, Ferns

Marsh: Frog Survey Markers Put in Chorus and Leopard Frogs calling

Larp, Gar, Bowfin, Kinglet, Green and Blue Heron, Egret, Mallards, Coots, Woodducks, Shovelers, Blue-winged Teals, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Buffleheads, Painted and Map Turtles

(4/21) Snow (3 inches in La Crosse)

(4/23) Coyote near Middle Prairie

(4/27) Snow

(4/29) House Finches fledged from nest on north side of La Crosse, Robins on eggs in nest

May

(5/6) Warblers spotted on the R.A.B.B.I.T. trail, Black-throated, Green, Yellow, Nashville, Tennessee

Marsh - Black Ferns, Cat Birds, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-throated Sparrow

(5/11) Marsh - 1 pair of geese and goslings, Baltimore Oriole, Yellow-headed blackbird, Sora, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Northern Water Thrush, Virginia Rails

(5/14) Scarlet Tanager on Burr Oak Trail

(5/16) Flower bloomin - Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Bedstraw, Wild Geranium, Wood Violets (puple, yellow & white), Virginia Bluebell (mouse tree & lower fern), Anemones (Rue & Wood) on Upper Fern

(5/20) Redstart on Big Loop