June 22, 2026 — Dane County
UW Arboretum Odonata Monitoring Project - Gardner Area UW Arboretum East Entrance & Gardner Marsh. Includes channelized Wingra Creek either direction from the Arboretum Drive bridge over the creek and the Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks. On Wingra Creek, saw 2 House Sparrows with teneral damselflies in their beaks and many other House Sparrows foraging on (including hovering over) the lily pads. See https://ebird.org/checklist/S362915284 for photos of this. Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks (nothing on the water lilies in the open water here): 940-1017am, 65-67F, calm, sunny. Wingra Creek (lots of unidentified pastel blue thorax damselflies on the water lilies here, suspect most were Slender Bluet, and Skimming Bluet as well): 1019-1148am, 68-71F, sunny to partly cloudy, light breeze (6-7 mph, gusts to 9-10 mph)
UW Arboretum Odonata Monitoring Project - Gardner Area UW Arboretum East Entrance & Gardner Marsh. Includes channelized Wingra Creek either direction from the Arboretum Drive bridge over the creek and the Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks. On Wingra Creek, saw 2 House Sparrows with teneral damselflies in their beaks and many other House Sparrows foraging on (including hovering over) the lily pads. See https://ebird.org/checklist/S362915284 for photos of this. Gardner Marsh trails/boardwalks (nothing on the water lilies in the open water here): 940-1017am, 65-67F, calm, sunny. Wingra Creek (lots of unidentified pastel blue thorax damselflies on the water lilies here, suspect most were Slender Bluet, and Skimming Bluet as well): 1019-1148am, 68-71F, sunny to partly cloudy, light breeze (6-7 mph, gusts to 9-10 mph)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Photographed
> Gardner boardwalk: 2 males, 1 immature female, 3 mature (pruinose) females - next to boardwalk, closest to shoreline, where leaves were emerging from standing water. > Wingra Creek: 2 males, 1 female
Photographed
> Gardner boardwalk: 2 males, 1 immature female, 3 mature (pruinose) females - next to boardwalk, closest to shoreline, where leaves were emerging from standing water. > Wingra Creek: 2 males, 1 female
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Photographed
2 along Wingra Creek
Photographed
2 along Wingra Creek
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
Many on lily pads on Wingra Creek; photographed in tandem and wheel.
Photographed
Many on lily pads on Wingra Creek; photographed in tandem and wheel.
Slender Bluet (Enallagma traviatum westfalli)
Photographed
Dozens on lily pads and skimming over water on Wingra Creek; photographed ovipositing in tandem.
Photographed
Dozens on lily pads and skimming over water on Wingra Creek; photographed ovipositing in tandem.
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
Observed
1 male cruising over open water seen from Gardner Marsh boardwalk. 1 male cruising over Wingra Creek.
Observed
1 male cruising over open water seen from Gardner Marsh boardwalk. 1 male cruising over Wingra Creek.
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Observed
5 males - Wingra Creek
Observed
5 males - Wingra Creek
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
7 males - Wingra Creek
Observed
7 males - Wingra Creek
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Observed
1 males sallying on Wingra Creek.
Observed
1 males sallying on Wingra Creek.