June 16, 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.
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Photographed
a single male at the edge of a small, permanent pond with trees and bushes around at least half of the circumference, tall grass around the rest of the pond - not connected to the nearby Pheasant Branch Creek.
Photographed
a single male at the edge of a small, permanent pond with trees and bushes around at least half of the circumference, tall grass around the rest of the pond - not connected to the nearby Pheasant Branch Creek.