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Sandhill Cranes are raising a new colt

7/13/2014

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Roma Lenehan reported on July 11 that the Sandhills cranes have a new colt, barely a week old. She observed the parents and colt by the Class of 1918 Marsh. The pair of sandhill cranes had been unsuccessful in their first breeding attempt this season in the Pond Marsh of Picnic Point. A new colt is wonderful news.

If you are aware of bird breeding activities and locations in the Preserve, please enter your information in the bird log kept at the Birding Bulletin board inside the gate to Picnic Point, or email Roma Lenehan.
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Tiny toads and other frogs

7/7/2014

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PictureTiny Toad on the path to Picnic Point. Photo Glenda Denniston
Thousands of tiny newly-metamorphosed American Toads are currently populating the trails in the Preserve. They are everywhere, easy to notice and easy to step on. Children love them. What other frogs are there to see? Of course the Leopard frog with its beautiful marks  and the fully grown warty Toads. 

Summer Intern Charles Sickles, who studies Biology at UW Platteville and specializes in frogs, reports 
"The frogs I have seen within Lakeshore Preserve are as follows: American toad, Leopard frog, Eastern grey treefrog/Copes grey treefrog (the two look identical and can only be told apart by their call) and I have heard, but not seen, the spring peeper.

Although I've not seen them, I would be surprised if the pickerel frog and the wood frog were not present in the Preserve as well. The pickerel looks very similar to the leopard frog but can be distinguished by their spots appearing symmetrically along the back, as opposed to the leopard frog having random spots.

An excellent site to learn Wisconsin frogs and their calls is this DNR link. It has both calls and some pictures, although they only have one picture for each, and frogs can have a lot of variance in color and patterning between individuals."  – Charles, thanks for sharing.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/amphibian/frogident.htm
Also check out the Frog page on this website – and keep looking and listening for frogs in the Preserve.  

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Charles Sickles. Photo Kutzbach
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Back to basics in Community Gardens: using the scythe to cut the rye

7/2/2014

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Organic gardeners in the Eagle Heights Community gardens are purists: no pesticides and no engines. Instead diligent weeding and cutting the rye with the scythe. The area along the edge of the gardens that had been seeded with rye as a cover crop was mowed this week by relying human power. Anyone who has helped with a rye harvest knows how amazingly heavy rye is, especially when wet. The two workers in the field, Will Waller and Emma Schroeder, a PhD student with Bill Cronon, perform labors of love for the land.
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