June 27, 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.
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Photographed
Photographed
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
Observed
Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia)
Observed
Observed
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
Photographed
I 'think' this is a male Ruby based on the brown rather than red face but it might be Cherry-faced. I didn't have a net with me to check the hamules. If the picture is inconclusive, please delete.
Photographed
I 'think' this is a male Ruby based on the brown rather than red face but it might be Cherry-faced. I didn't have a net with me to check the hamules. If the picture is inconclusive, please delete.
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
Observed
Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
Photographed
Photographed