2004 Phenology: January(1/5) Temperatur 6°F, wind chill -9°F, light dusting of snow (1/22) Temperature -10°F, wind chill -30°F (1/23) Snow! 1-3 inches (1/26) More Snow! 7 inches February(2/2) Snow (2/6) Even more snow (2/16) Screech Owl in squirrel house on Mouse Tree Loop (2/23) Spider on shrub, mosquitoes on tree - Big Loop (2/28) Robins in Onalaska March(3/1) Thunderstorm and rain (3/2) Mallards in river April(4/14) Mourning Cloak, Dragonfly (4/16) 86°F (4/17) 84°F (4/28) Beetels, Jack in the Pulpit, Bumblebee May(5/6) Tiger Swallowtails, Wood Anemone, Rue Anemone, Bellwort (5/10) Tree Frogs heard in American Forest, Toad heard in La Crosse River Marsh (5/11) Wild Geranium, Garlic Mustard (5/12) Tree frog on Nature Center back door, Bullsnake on River to Bluff Trail (5/28) Monarch Butterfly at Gundersen Lutheran JuneNo Report July(7/21) Variegated Fritillary in Hixon Forest Nature Center prairie garden (7/26) Red-tail Hawk on bathouse August(8/20) 28 Canada Geese at La Crosse River Marsh Click for 2003 Click for Sightings/Phenology Home Page |