2005 Phenology
January 2005
| January 3 |
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3 white-tail deer west of Prairie Pothole |
| January 6 |
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Bald eagle over Visitor Center
deer crossing on Mallard Marsh Bridge |
| January 12th |
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22 centimeters snow on grounds new snow falling! |
| January 14th |
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Today's high: -7 degrees; low -25 degrees |
| January 20 |
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15 degrees and fresh snow |
| January 24 |
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23 degrees, 5-6 inches of new snow in last 2 days |
| January 25 |
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29 degrees, sunny! |
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February 2005
| February 2 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk over Mallard Marsh killed rabbit on trail |
| February 4 |
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Ring-necked Pheasant hen sighted |
| February 9 |
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Snow Buntings and Redpolls by barn; new snow 12-sided stellar crystals seen! |
| February 11 |
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Least Weasel crossed West Mallard Marsh; slush on East Mallard Marsh |
| February 15 |
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Bald Eagle over Visitor Center; Horned Larks sighted |
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March 2005
| March 6 |
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54 degrees! Spring? |
| March 7 |
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15 degrees! NW wind cold! |
| March 10 |
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Wind gust 48 mph (NW), 27 degrees & snow at 10:30 a.m., Kestrel |
| March 11 |
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19 degrees, NW wind, 12-37 mph Winter! |
| March 15 |
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A murder of Crows visits PWLC - 20 strong |
| March 16 |
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28 degrees at 3:11 p.m., 73% sunlight, 2.5 inches new snow overnight |
| March 17 |
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Red-tailed Hawk over PWLC at 2:45 p.m.; 32 degrees, NE wind |
| March 21 |
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Gull seen soaring, Male Red-winged Blackbirds return |
| March 22 |
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Killdeer |
| March 25 |
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Male & female Ring-necked Pheasant; male displaying for female. |
| March 26 |
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Bald Eagles |
| March 29 |
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Wood Frog in Center Pond! |
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April 2005
| April 1 |
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Great Horned Owl north of Tintah Slough; Mink seen on shore of Tintah Slough; Great Egret over Tungseth Lake |
| April 5 |
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Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallows, House Finches, and Song Sparrow |
| April 6 |
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Bald Eagle over Center, 19 Trumpeter Swans flying north |
| April 19 |
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Female Red-winged Blackbirds return; First dragonflies spotted; Garter Snake by Butterfly Garden! |
| April 20 |
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Two Meadowlarks on Center sign; Sora Rail calling in Mallard Marsh |
| April 27 |
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Graupel snowfall |
| April 28 |
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Snow flurries |
| April 29 |
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Savannah Sparrow; Snow flurries |
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May 2005
| May 3 |
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Yellow-headed Blackbirds |
| May 5 |
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Clay-colored Sparrows |
| May 8 |
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Bobolinks, Sora Rail, Harris's Sparrow, Marsh Wren |
| May 16 |
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Yellow-headed Blackbirds, White Pelicans, American Robins, Canada Geese, House Finches; also Clay-colored, Grasshopper, and Savannah Sparrows |
| May 17 |
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Common Yellowthroat |
| May 18 |
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Prairie Smoke and Pennsylvania Sedge blooming |
| May 23 |
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Heartleaf alexanders blooming; Hoary puccoon under deck |
| May 24 |
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Yellow Warblers; Canada Anemone blooming; Ring-necked Pheasant calling |
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June 2005
| June 1 |
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Loon flew over, calling loudly! |
| June 2 |
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Black-crowned Night Heron spotted over Aspen Pothole |
| June 3 |
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Monarch Butterflies are back! |
| June 8 |
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Red Admirals, Painted Ladies, Cloudless Sulphurs, Monarchs all in butterfly garden |
| June 9 |
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Large Beards-tongue blooming; Sedge Wren calling |
| June 10 |
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Bedstraw and Yarrow blooming |
| June 14 |
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Blanket Flower, Wild Rose blooming |
| June 15 |
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False sunflower blooming; baby Painted Turtles in Mallard Marsh; baby Tree Swallows in nest boxes |
| June 17 |
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Black Terns |
| June 18 |
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Prairie Phlox, Thimbleweed, Blue Flag Iris |
| June 20 |
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Major Storm, 70 plus mph winds, tornadoes nearby |
| June 29 |
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Prairie Lily, Cup Plant, Dogbane, Thunderstorms, .93 inches of rain |
| June 30 |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth with orange head, metallic blue body |
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July 2005
| July 1 |
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Showy Tick Trefoil, Pale Purple Coneflower, Prairie Lily, False Sunflower, Prairie Coneflower, Purple Prairie Clover, Common Milkweed, Monarch Caterpillars, Tube Beard Tongue |
| July 2 |
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Butterfly Weed and Prairie Phlox blooming, Red-tailed Hawk, baby House Finches |
| July 6 |
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Mink with 13-lined Ground Squirrel in mouth on Tatanka Trail; Rosinweed: green milkweed, narrow leaved form; Compass Plant blooming; Sunny 78 degrees, light winds; Tortoise Shell Beetle larva |
| July 8 |
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Sunny, 83 degrees |
| July 9 |
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Humid, sunny, 87 degrees; Cliff Swallows feeding heavily in front of Visitor Center |
| July 12 |
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Swamp Milkweed blooming |
| July 18 |
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White Prairie Clover blooming; Tiger salamander & vole on trail |
| July 19 |
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Blazing Star blooming; Winds 20-25 mph |
| July 20 |
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8 Black-crowned Night Herons on Tintah Slough |
| July 22 |
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Common Garter Snake with full grown Tiger Salamander in mouth, left track on trail near amphitheater! |
| July 23 |
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Morning thunderstorm |
| July 25 |
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Morning thunderstorm and heavy rains |
| July 26 |
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65 degree high temperature; muskrat seen from Mallard Marsh bridge |
| July 27 |
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Great Blue Heron on Mallard Marsh; 6 baby mink spotted on trail |
| July 31 |
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Monarch caterpillar on milkweed in middle of 1-mile trail |
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August 2005
| August 2 |
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89 degree high and humid; Indian Breadroot (Prairie Turnip) seeded out on native prairie |
| August 4 |
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76 degree high and beautiful |
| August 10 |
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Big Poplar Sphinx (Hawk) Moth by barn |
| August 13 |
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Cecropia caterpillar at barn |
| August 16 |
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Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars on Common Milkweed |
| August 18 |
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Common Green Darner |
| August 19 |
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Carrion Bug; Viceroy butterfly; Closed Gentian blooming below deck |
| August 24 |
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90 Monarch butterflies tagged today |
| August 25 |
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63 Monarch butterflies tagged today; Acrea Moth caterpillar on thistle patch |
| August 26 |
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32 Monarch butterflies tagged today, 325 tagged to date |
| August 30 |
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Sunny; Garter snake in bird spa; Blue Vervain, Showy and Canada Goldenrod, Heath and New England Aster blooming |
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September 2005
| September 1 |
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350 Monarch butterflies tagged to ; wind speed up to 39 mph |
| September 12 |
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Variable Darner fragonfly,interrupted form in loading dock area |
| September 16 |
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Blue-Winged Teal, mallards, wood ducks at Adams Pond; Killdeer, Ring-Billed Gulls, and Double-Crested Cormorant flying overhead; American Coots on Mallard Marsh |
| September 19 |
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Acrea moth Caterpillar; White Pelicans fly by |
| September 27 |
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Project Bluestem Educator workshop participants tagged a Monarch butterfly |
| September 28 |
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Red-bellied snakes on the move! |
| September 29 |
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Sparrows have arrived Harris's, Lincolns, White-throated; Red-bellied snakes; Muskrat; Monarch and Wooly Bear caterpillars; Muskrat |
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October 2005
| October 3 |
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Muskrat, fox, and mink scat; deer tracks; treefrogs; crickets |
| October 4 |
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Rainy and cool; muskrat; 3 White-tailed deer; 2 Wood Frogs; 2 Tiger Salamanders; Bald Eagle; Marsh Wren; Dark-eyed Junco; Cooper's Hawk |
| October 6 |
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Graupel (snow pellets) all day; Ruby-crowned Kinglets in Oak Savanna; Harris's Sparrow; American Goldfinches; High winds in a.m.; Muskrat waddling through parking lot in morning |
| October 7 |
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Red-bellied snake on trail sun is out! Red-tailed Hawk; False Morel; garter snake; Wooly Bear caterpillars; Northern Harrier |
| October 12 |
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Eastern Bluebirds (15+) near barn/nest boxes |
| October 13 |
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Monarch butterfly; Tiger Salamander |
| October 14 |
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Western Chorus Frog on trail to Mallard Marsh bridge |
| October 18 |
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Pileated Woodpecker (male) on tree by amphitheater (calling) |
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November 2005
| November 7 |
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New England and Heath Asters still blooming; grasshoppers hopping; Painted Ladies on Heath Asters, Goldenrods, and Maximillian Sunflower |
| November 15 |
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First snow! |
| November 16 |
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Snow, NW wind with gusts to 46 mph; W. Mallard Marsh frozen |
| November 28 |
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Winter storm (rain/sleet/ice/snow, 3-5 inches); winds to 40 mph |
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December 2005
| December 2 |
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6 white-tailed deer at Aspen Pothole; mink at west end of Tintah Slough; red fox at Tungseth Lake |
| December 5 |
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–13 degrees at 8:30 am; -6 degrees at 1:30 pm COLD! |
| December 14 |
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2.5 inches snow overnight |
| December 30 |
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7 inches snow! |
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Last updated:
December 3, 2008
