Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10005983
Station Name:
Towanda Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
Adult distance from chicks when observed
Adult Loon 1 - Right Leg Band
Adult Loon 1 - Right 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 - 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
CONDUCTIVITY FIELD
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date loons first arrived in spring
Date loons first departed in fall
Date of first "Ice Off"
Date of first "Ice On"
Date sample was analyzed
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (2)
Depth Sampled
Describe portion of waterbody you can see from your observation point
Describe your observation point
Diameter of zooplankton net opening
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 chicks die due to unknown cause?
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 you check underwater solid surfaces (boat hulls, dock legs, rocks)?
Did you find another invasive species?
Did you find what you suspect are Fishhook Water Fleas in this waterbody?
Did you find what you suspect are Spiny Water Fleas in this waterbody?
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 snorkel the search sites?
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 - fishing boat and fishermen nearby?
Disturbances - Motorboat in motion?
Disturbances - No disturbance observed?
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.)
Fall migration # loons using lake
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Has a nest with eggs been found?
Has Ethanol been added to the sample?
Have you consolidated all of your samples into one composite bottle?
How did chicks die?
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?
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
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
Latitude of sample
Longitude of sample
Month loons first arrived in spring
Month loons first departed in fall
Month of first "Ice Off"
Month of first "Ice On"
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nest Behaviors Observed
Nest behaviors observed: Copulation?
Nest behaviors observed: Courtship?
Nest behaviors observed: Incubating?
Nest behaviors observed: Nest failure?
Nest behaviors observed: Nest Searching?
Nest behaviors observed: Nest-building?
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 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
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Sample sent to, Date
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
Site 1 - Depth of tows
Site 1 - Secchi Depth
Site 2 - Depth of tows
Site 3 - Depth of Tows
Site Name
Site Number
Species Name
Species Name (2)
SPINY WATER FLEA
Spring migration # loons using lake
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
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Was the specimen confirmed as species?
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Water Flea Tow Method
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 nest is located? (1)
Which months or dates?
Year of first "Ice Off"
Year of first "Ice On"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
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