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July 17, 2008

Grant County-Wyalusing State Park – The Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien was at 8.4 feet July 16, down 0.6 from the previous day. This is close to the normal, summer river level in this area. Nice catches of bass and bluegills are being reported by local anglers. Park bird feeders have been removed for the season due to raccoon destructiveness. The hummingbirds at the park office continue to delight park visitors.

Hummingbirds are most active right before dark. Hummingbirds are raising their young at this time of year, so the feeders are not as active as they were previously. The parents feed the young spiders and insects as a source of protein. It won’t be long before adults and young are back in full force at the feeders. Recent sightings in the park include: red-bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, purple finches, cardinals, bluejays, chickadees, nuthatches, tufted titmice, prothonotary warblers, cerulean warblers, gold finches, mourning doves, tree sparrows, crows, flickers, bluebirds, robins, meadowlarks, orioles, rose-breasted grosbeaks, indigo buntings, Henslow Sparrows, eagles, wild turkeys, turkey vultures, indigo buntings, and red winged blackbirds. The native prairie garden at the park office is beautiful. The garden is a vivid display of color and an assortment of butterflies. Flowers in bloom in the prairie garden include: false indigo, spiderwort, side oats grandma, prairie bush clover, liatris, butterfly milkweed, blue verbain, Canadian anemone, blue flax, coreopsis, mallow, pale purple coneflower, purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan, and Joe pye-weed. Wildflowers in bloom in the area include: cow parsnip, chicory, jewelweed Queen Anne’s lace.

Fitchburg-Dane County
Lake Kegonsa State Park - Dane County has reinstated the Slow, No Wake Order for all of the Yahara Lakes. This includes Lake Kegonsa, Lake Waubesa, Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. Slow, No Wake means boats must move as slowly as possible while maintaining steering control and producing no wake. A Water Quality Advisory is in place at the beach due to outbreaks of blue green algae. These conditions can change daily and throughout the day. If the water is cloudy, looks like green paint or pea soup, or has a floating scum layer or floating clumps, do not swim in or swallow the water. Campground reservations for weekends are filling 3-plus weeks in advance. A construction project to add an additional 16 family campsites and 3 group campsites is under way. Visitors camping in the area of the construction Monday - Thursday nights may experience noise disturbance.

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