[wisb] Re: frogs and turtles to date
- From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:44:19 -0500
Okay, I can't resist. On the Nine Springs Water Trail today, Anya and I saw
a large snapping turtle, still with a flat brick of mud glued to its back,
presumably from where it had wintered just under the surface of the mud!
That was my best explanation, anyway. It was a big one, too, 18 inches long
in the carapace was our guess, although that would make it a whopper.
Leopard frogs and peepers were out too.
There were qutie a few species of ducks moving aroudn Upper Mud Lake, which
we floated across. No large concentrations, but there were a few Lesser
Scaup, flybys of Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Common
Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, N. Shoveler, and possibly
Canvasback. Quite a few Tree Swallows out there now, and Phoebe's are back.
Didn't find ANY Swamp Sparrows - the marshes are still occupied by Song
Sparrows only. Had a migrating Coop over, and a Loon as well. Nice day to
be out.
Jesse Ellis
Madison WI
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Judith Huf <judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Heard Chorus Frogs today at Mequon Nature Preserve and heard Peepers at
> Schlitz Audubon Nature Center on Wednesday evening.
> Judith Huf
> Milwaukee
> On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, <rholzrichter@xxxxxxxxx> <
> rholzrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Been hearing wood frogs singing (actually "quacking") in the vernal pond
> in our back yard last few days.
> > No peepers or chorus frogs yet.
> > --
> > Bob Holzrichter
> > Cedarburg, Ozaukee Cty, WI
> >
> > ---- Buboarcto@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Hi again!
> >>
> >> Regarding the "lower" vertebrates:
> >> before March 15, had peepers and chorus frogs for a couple of days
> >> on March 15, heard the snoring of leopard frog (I assume) in two places
> >> also painted turtles (and other species I think, too far away) out on
> logs
> >> in Iowa County on March 15.
> >>
> >> I look forward to my owl survey on Washington Island where I usually
> hear
> >> mink frogs.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sandy Petersen, rural Stoughton Dane Co and Washington Island, Door
> County
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Jesse Ellis
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dept. of Zoology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Dane Co, WI
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