Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10004251
Station Name:
Alva Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
Adult distance from chicks when observed
Adult Loon 1 - Left Leg Band
Adult Loon 1 - Left Leg Band (Over)
Adult Loon 1 - Right Leg Band
Adult Loon 1 - Right Leg Band (Over)
Adult Loon 2 - Left Leg Band
Adult Loon 2 - Left Leg Band (Over)
Adult Loon 2 - Right Leg Band
Adult Loon 2 - Right Leg Band (Over)
Are Loon Alert signs posted on your lake?
Are swarms of black flies present at nest?
Are you certain of the adult band color combinations?
Banded Mystery Snail
Chick Behaviors - backriding?
Chick Behaviors - being fed?
Chick Behaviors - diving/foraging?
Chick Behaviors - hiding/not observed?
Chick Behaviors - locomoting with parents?
Chick Behaviors - locomoting without parents?
Chick Behaviors - preening?
Chinese Mystery Snail
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date loons first departed in fall
Date of first "Ice Off"
Describe portion of waterbody you can see from your observation point
Describe your observation point
Did at least some data collectors monitor in August?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in July?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in June?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in May?
Did loons use your lake as part of their migration route?
Did loons use your lake during the summer?
Did the eggs in the nest fail to hatch? (1)
Did the loon eggs in the nest fail to hatch?
Did you check underwater solid surfaces (boat hulls, dock legs, rocks)?
Did you collect a sample and bring it to a DNR office? If so, which office?
Did you monitor all Beaches and Boat Landings?
Did you monitor docks and piers?
Did you monitor other locations?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you survey the entire lake?
Did you survey the whole lake today?
Did you use rake to extract plant samples?
Did you walk along the shoreline?
Did your lake lose any chicks?
Disturbances - No disturbance observed?
Does your lake have a lake association?
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
Fall migration # loons using lake
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Has a nest with eggs been found?
How many chicks hatched for the entire lake?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 4- weeks?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 8-weeks?, # chicks
How many eggs present?
How many public landings are on your lake?
How often are you at your lake property?
How often were you able to check the lake for loons?
How was the nest lost? (1)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
If eggs failed to hatch, due to predation?
If you or past observers have always used another method, describe
Incubating loon adults present on this territory today
Is an active nest present today?
Land Ownership where nest is located
Loon egg predation by
Loon nesting site used: Island
Month loons first departed in fall
Month of first "Ice Off"
Nest Behaviors Observed
Nest behaviors observed: Unknown?
Nest sites used
Nest status
Nesting pairs who hatched chicks, # pairs
Nesting territorial loon pairs, # pairs
Non-territorial loons in residence, # loons
Number of floater loon adults on lake
Number of floater loon adults on this territory today
Number of Intruding Loons
Number of loon chicks on lake
Number of loon chicks on this territory today
Number of loon chicks present
Number of loon nest locations determined
Number of loon nests with incubating adults
Number of territorial loon adults on lake
Number of territorial loon adults on this territory today
Number of territorial loon pairs present on lake
Number of territorial loon pairs with nest attempt
Number of territorial loon pairs with successful hatch
Number of Territorial Loons Present
Observer Name (if not already recorded)
Observer Phone Number
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Other invasive species found
Other office
Other way nest was lost (1)
Other ways of observing
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SPINY WATER FLEA
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total loon chicks fledged (survived to 8 weeks)
Total Number of All Adult Loons Present
Total number of known loon nest attempts
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Were you able to locate the loon nesting sites?
Were you able to locate the nesting site? (1)
What type of nesting site was used? (1)
What type of ownership is the land where the loon nest is located?
What type of ownership is the land where the nest is located? (1)
Where did you find the invasive?
Where did you find the invasive? - Latitude
Where did you find the invasive? - Longitude
Where the invasive was found: bottom covered with plants %
Where the invasive was found: substrate boulders %
Where the invasive was found: substrate cobble %
Where the invasive was found: substrate muck %
Where the invasive was found: substrate sand %
Which aquatic invasive did you find?
Which months or dates?
Year of first "Ice Off"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
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