Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10004454
Station Name:
East Horsehead 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)
Approximately how large an area do the plants occupy?
Are Loon Alert signs posted on your lake?
Are swarms of black flies present at nest?
Banded Mystery Snail
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?
Chick Behaviors - resting with parents?
Chick Behaviors - resting without parents?
Chinese Mystery Snail
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date of first "Ice Off"
Date of first "Ice On"
Date sample was analyzed
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
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 find another invasive species?
Did you look for Asiatic clam (Corbicula)?
Did you look for Banded mystery snails?
Did you look for Brazilian waterweed?
Did you look for Chinese mystery snails?
Did you look for Curly-Leaf Pondweed?
Did you look for Eurasian Water-Milfoil?
Did you look for Faucet Snails?
Did you look for Flowering Rush?
Did you look for Hydrilla?
Did you look for New Zealand Mudsnails?
Did you look for Phragmites?
Did you look for purple loosestrife?
Did you look for Quagga Mussels?
Did you look for Red Swamp Crayfish?
Did you look for Yellow Floating Heart?
Did you look for Zebra Mussels?
Did you monitor all Beaches and Boat Landings?
Did you monitor docks and piers?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you survey the entire lake?
Did you use rake to extract plant samples?
Did you walk along the shoreline?
Did your lake lose any chicks?
Disturbances - fishing boat and fishermen nearby?
Disturbances - bald eagle diving towards loon family?
Disturbances - intruding loon on lake?
Disturbances - jet ski in motion?
Disturbances - Motorboat in motion?
Disturbances - pedestrians on shore?
Disturbances - pontoon boat in motion ?
Disturbances - rowboat, canoe, kayak in motion?
Does your lake have a lake association?
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
FISH LENGTH, TOTAL INCHES
FISH, WHOLE, WET WEIGHT KILOGRAMS
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Has a nest with eggs been found?
Have you consolidated all of your samples into one composite bottle?
Herbarium or museum where specimen is
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 nest failures occurred as of today?
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?
Is an active nest present today?
Land Ownership where nest is located
Latitude of sample
Longitude of sample
Loon egg predation by
Loon nesting site used: Other?
MERCURY
Month of first "Ice Off"
Month of first "Ice On"
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nest Behaviors Observed
Nest behaviors observed: Incubating?
Nest behaviors observed: Nest failure?
Nest behaviors observed: Nest Searching?
Nest behaviors observed: None?
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 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAMPLE
Number of Intruding Loons
Number of loon chicks present
Number of Territorial Loons Present
Observer Email
Observer Name (if not already recorded)
Observer Phone Number
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Other invasive species found
Other office
Other surface zebra mussels were attached to
Other way nest was lost (1)
Person who verified occurence
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
Second person who verified occurence
Site Number
Species Name
SPECIES SEX CODE
Specimen ID
SPINY WATER FLEA
TEMPERATURE FIELD
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total Number of All Adult Loons Present
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Was the plant floating or rooted?
Was the specimen confirmed as species?
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 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"
Year of first "Ice On"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
ZEBRA MUSSEL, VELIGER
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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