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

  

June

No 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

  

  

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