1998 Phenology JanuaryNo Reports February(2/15) Tufted Titmouse (2/20) Robin (2/22) Wooly Bear (2/23) Woodchuck (2/24) Brown Creepers, Redbreasted Nuthatch on Wood Duck Trail (2/25) Bald Eagle on the Marsh eating fish (hung around for over a week over open water) (2/26) Killdeer over town (2/27) 5 Common Mergansers in the Marsh, Canvasback at Riverside Park March(3/2) Song Sparrow singing in the Marsh (3/5) Tufted Titmouse in woods by the Girl Scout Building (3/6) Common Grackle near the Marsh (3/12) 14 Cedar Waxwings on road to Milson Court Parking Lot (3/12) Robin singing in town (3/16) Red Fox in the Marsh (3/17) Coopers Hawk flew over Nature Center (3/23) Bluebird on golf course singing (3/25) Seen in the Marsh - Northern Shovelers, American Widgeon, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Ducks, Western Meadowlark, Hooded Mergansers, Killdeer, Kingfisher (3/26) Fox Sparrow on Wood Duck Trail (3/27) Coot in the Marsh, Painted Turtles sunning, Pickerel Frog calling (3/28) Seen in the Marsh - Blue-winged Teal, Egrets, Buffleheads (3/30) Golden-crowned kinglets at edge of the Marsh, Phoebe between train tracks & Milson Ct Rd (3/30) Flowering - Red Maple, Elm, Silver Maple, Quaking Aspen (3/30) Leafing out - Honeysuckle, Lilacs, Box Elder, Violets, Eastern Larch, Buckthorn, Gooseberry (3/30) Yellowjacket on the shed April(4/1) Pied-billed Grebe, Virginia Waterleaf leafing out, Sparrow nest with 2 eggs (4/2) Pair of Sandhill Cranes on the Marsh (4/3) Garter Snake on Marsh trails (4/4) Lesser Scaup in the Marsh (4/5) Pasque Flowers on Birch Point (4/6) Beaver (4/17) Rough-winged swallow on the Marsh (4/17) Garter snake on the Sumac Trail (4/19) Sora on the Marsh (4/21) By the Weather Station - Red-shouldered Hawk, Savanna Sparrow (4/21) In the Marsh - Osprey, Horned Grebe (4/25) Duck eggs observed during Mississippi River Clean-up on islands in Black River (4/25) Poison Ivy leafing out on island too - very healthy crop (4/25) Purple Martins in colony houses (4/28) Palm Warbler, Brown Thrasher, House Wren May(5/4) Wood Thrush on Log Trail (5/5) Marsh Sora, Green Heron, Geese Goslings (5/6) Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black & Whiter Warbler off Sumac Trail (5/7) Black-throated Green Warbler, Barn Swallows over Myrick (5/8) Baltimore Oriole in the Marsh, False Solomon's Seal blooming, Grey Catbird on Bur Oak Loop (5/9) Yellow-headed Blackbirds in the Marsh, In the Forest - Magnolia Warbler, Winter Wren, Yellow-throated Vireo (5/10) Mother's Day Bird Hike: Kingbird, Black Tern, Yellow Warbler (5/12) Marsh Wren (5/13) Indigo Bunting (5/16) Baltimore Oriole over the Marsh (5/20) Scarlet Tanager on Sumac Trail (5/29) Redstart on Bur Oak Trail June(6/2) Painted Turtle laying eggs (6/10) Baby Toads (6/11) Baby Frogs with tail bumps, Baby Wood Duck on Wood Duck Trail (6/16) Baby Hairy Woodpecker, Twelve-spotted Skimmer in Prairie Garden, Muskrat on Marsh trail (6/18) Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Prairie Gardens (6/25) In the Marsh - Dragon Fly Nymph, Caddis Fly Larvae, Scuds/Side Swimmers, Leopard Frogs, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bryozoan Colony July(7/7) Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-billed Cuckoo (7/15) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (7/29) Lots of Goldfinches on area Sunflowers & at nearby feeders August(8/4) Starlings beginning to form large flocks (8/11) Garter Snake in front garden (8/30) Wooly Bear crossing County FA (8/31) Cormorant in the Marsh September(9/9) Jewelweed seed pods "popping" (9/10) Cormorants & Canada Geese flying south in V formation (9/15) Red-shouldered Hawk soaring near Weather Station, Hawk Moths abundant (9/18) 5 Garter Snakes on Wood Duck Trail (9/20) Red Fox in Milson Court Parking Lot (9/23) Bald Eagle in the Marsh, Black-throated Blue Warbler near Lookout Point (9/24) Red Fox in Nature Center Parking Lot (9/25) 3 dead Shrews on Wood Duck Trail October(10/3) Pileated Woodpecker near Lower Fern Trail (10/8) Near Weather Station - Red-shouldered Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, Bald Eagle (10/8) In the Marsh - Blue-winged Teal, Coots, Northern Shovelers, Pied-billed Grebes (10/9) 100+ Geese in the Marsh (10/21) Pheasant on Big Loop, In the Marsh - 3 Otters, Green-winged Teal (10/25) In the Marsh - Beaver, 12 Muskrats (10/28) 3 Swans in the Marsh (Tundra) November(11/4) Ice in the Marsh (11/12) Marsh surface 1/2 frozen, ~250 Mallards & 50 Geese in the Marsh (11/16) Wigeon in the Marsh (11/20) 150 Gadwall in the Marsh (11/21) Red Fox at north end of the Marsh (11/27) Screech Owl in Wood Duck box by the Marsh December(12/3) Mosquito in Naturalists' office (12/19) Hard freeze - temperatures in single digits Click for Sightings/Phenology Home Page | 
