2008 Phenology

January

(1/20) Extremely cold! -22° F - Average Low 6°F - Average High 25°F

(1/22) 40.3 inches of snow so far - 16.7 inches is average

February

(2/5) 48.9 inches of snow so far

(2/7) Goshawk killed squirrel on Mouse Tree Loop

(2/8) Goshawk sitting in tree on Big Loop Trail

(2/18) 58.8 inches of snow so far,

Bluebirds in Onalaska

(2/27) Goshawk chasing a squirrel

March

(3/11) 103 days in a row w/ 1 inch of snow or more on ground - Record 122 days 1942-43

April

(4/16) Mourning Cloak Butterfly

(4/21) Dutchman's Breeches, Blood-root, Pasque Flower

(4/28) Snow Again

May

(5/1) Goshawk kills crow

(5/3) Redheaded Woodpecker, red-breasted grosbeak, hairy woodpecker, re-breadted nuthatch, white-crested sparrow

(5/6) Bellwort on Lower Fern Trail, May Apple on Lower Fern Trail, Swallowtail Butterfly, Blue Azure

(5/6) Dan Jackson Bird Hike La Crosse River Marsh

Cerulean Warbler (heard only), Gold-winged Warbler , Blackpoll Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Horned Grebe, White-crowned Sparrow, Sore (3 different birds)

(5/12) Shooting Stars, Puccons (hoary), Giant Swallowtail, Blue-eyed grass, Rock cress, Showy Orchids, Yellow Ladies Slipper

(5/14) Hummingbirds

(5/15) Eastern Woodpecker, blackburnian warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, magnolia warbler

(5/18) miterwort

(5/21) wild sasparailla

(5/25) Robins fledged out, Phoebe

(5/28) Yellow warbler, blackburnian warbler (female), thrush, chickadee, wood duck, forester tern, great heron, eastern kingbird, heard indigo bunting

(5/30) Monarch Butterfly