August 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.
Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum)
Observed
Observed
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
Photographed
a couple of males were patrolling and sometimes hovering near a bridge that crosses Pheasant Branch Creek before it empties into Lake Mendota - a fairly reliable spot for the species.
Photographed
a couple of males were patrolling and sometimes hovering near a bridge that crosses Pheasant Branch Creek before it empties into Lake Mendota - a fairly reliable spot for the species.