2003 Phenology
December 24 |
Hoar frost over the prairie |
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December 18 |
Cottontail at far end of Mallard Marsh |
December 17 |
0.5 inch of snow |
December 16 |
40 mile per hour wind gust |
December 15 |
3.9 inches of snow |
December 12 |
Big fluffy snow flakes, not much accumulation |
December 11 |
–11 degrees high temperature |
December 8 |
Deer and mouse tracks, vole and mouse tunnels several flocks of Canada geese |
December 5 |
3 inches of snow |
December 4 |
4 great-horned owls over Mallard Marsh |
November 26 |
Ring-necked pheasant west side of Adams Pond, mink tracks everywhere |
November 20 |
Snow bunting at entrance |
November 17 |
Masked shrew by Mallard Marsh |
November 14 |
Soil temperature 30 degrees F, 8 muskrats on Mallard Marsh |
November 15 |
Muskrats on Mallard Marsh |
November 13 |
Snow buntings by highway, red-tailed hawk flying over Mallard Marsh trail |
November 6 |
Soil temperature 34 degrees Fahrenheit, tracks spotted: jackrabbit, deer mouse |
November 5 |
17 Trumpeter swans flying |
November 4 |
5 inches snow, Bald eagle flying over VC |
November 3 |
2 muskrats 3 huts on Mallard Marsh, water temperature 2 degrees Celsius |
November 1 |
3 white-tailed deer, Aspen pothole frozen |
October 31 |
Common snipe on Tatanka Trail, 10 muskrats on Mallard Marsh |
October 29 |
West side Mallard Marsh iced over |
October 27 |
Snow in am wind chill 25 degrees (that's nothing wait till January) |
October 20 |
68 degrees |
October 8 |
74 degrees |
October 7 |
72 degrees |
October 4 |
Red fox crossing entrance road, common snipe at Mallard Marsh |
October 2 |
27 degrees F at 7:00am, afternoon high 52 degrees F |
October 1 |
38 degrees, Eastern phoebe catching insects on side of Visitor Center building. Greater and lesser yellowlegs spotted on Adams Pond |
September 29 |
29 Juncos have arrived |
September 22 |
Rain! |
September 18 |
Frog pond is dry. Still no rain |
September 14 |
Sow Thistle going to seed |
September 13 |
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed blooming |
September 5 |
New England Aster Blooming |
September 4 |
Tiger Salamanders out |
August |
No rain since July 3 -Praire very dry |
July 23 |
Sideoats Grama grass in bloom |
July 22 |
Cicadas are calling |
July 12 |
Tortoise beetle larvae out |
July 11 |
Monarda, butterflyweed, compass plant, Canada mildvetch and others blooming |
July 3 |
Cloudless Sulphur and Hairstreak butterflies abundant |
July 2 |
Mink near Tungseth Lake |
April 22 |
Earth Day! Red Admiral Butterflies around |
April 21 |
Pasque flower blooming |
April 16 |
Snow and Ice |
April 15 |
Thunderstorms |
April 13 |
Dragonflies, ticks, wood and chorus frogs, painted turtles on logs |
April 11 |
Leopard Frogs in prairie |
April 8 |
Six deer on trails |
April 7 |
Seventeen species of birds counted |
April 2 |
Tiger Salamanders out |
March 27 |
Trumpeter Swans overhead |
March 25 |
Red-tailed Hawk hunting over Prairie |
March 16 |
Red-winged Blackbirds return |
March 4 |
Horned Larks feeding |
February 28 |
Otter and mink tracks in along the edge of the marsh |
February 19 |
Snow buntings, pheasant |
February 18 |
Scuds and dragonfly larvae active under the ice |
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