June 2, 2024 — Dane County
The Pheasant Branch Creek runs through a mature wooded park bounded by Century Avenue on the northeast and Parmenter St on the west. The banks of the creek are very sandy. There are some gaps in the trees that make small open glades along the stream, which has some rapids and some pools. I include a retention pond that is behind the Middleton Police station in this location, as it drains into the Pheasant Branch Creek and produces odes that I find along the creek, such as Azure Bluets.
The Pheasant Branch Creek runs through a mature wooded park bounded by Century Avenue on the northeast and Parmenter St on the west. The banks of the creek are very sandy. There are some gaps in the trees that make small open glades along the stream, which has some rapids and some pools. I include a retention pond that is behind the Middleton Police station in this location, as it drains into the Pheasant Branch Creek and produces odes that I find along the creek, such as Azure Bluets.
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Observed
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Photographed
Hopefully this species will re-establish on this stream in the middle of town, after stream "improvement" disruptions and flood-gouging.
Photographed
Hopefully this species will re-establish on this stream in the middle of town, after stream "improvement" disruptions and flood-gouging.
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Observed