Community Science Water Monitoring Program

Observations

• 6 July 2017

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

  Green damselfly topped on leaf just above water, lots of mosquitoes, wood thrush singing.

• 3 July 2017

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

  No minnows, several bridges, removed one dam from just below Bay St.

• 28 June 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Common yellowthroat, red-eyed vireo, veery, Eastern Pheobe, olive-sided flycatcher. High water with fast current, slight gusts of wind. Still lots of caddisfly larvae, water striders, dragonflies and horseflies. 3 fish spotted: 2 dace species and one sculpin.

• 28 June 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Caddisflies and other larvae on bottom of creek bed, 2 ebony jewelwings, spittlebugs, red-eyed vireo, crow, female yellow warbler, 1 leopard frog. Cabbage white and monarch butterflies spotted, cow vetch in bloom. Water in ditch alongside road (not flowing but present), current faster than last visit.

• 14 June 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Water striders, caddisfly larvae in droves, red-eyed vireo calling, many dragonflies and horseflies, a few snails sighted.

• 14 June 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Caddisfly larvae (several large and many more small), snails, unknown larvae on rocks and on reeds and leaves in water (took a sample), two schools of minnow fry approx 15 - 20 strong, water striders, lots of dragonflies and mosquitoes and horseflies, 4 large minnows with white stripes on their sides (darted away before we could catch them). Two white-breasted nuthatches sighted.

• 9 June 2017

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

• 25 May 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  A truly terrifying amount of mosquitoes. Cobble and riffle area filled with caddisfly larvae.

• 25 May 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Drizzling and windy, blooming marsh marigolds, heard a grackle and a veery. Saw a single caddisfly larva. Saw approx seven small fish at site, darted away as we were climbing down bank.

• 10 May 2017

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

  Saw a large fish, 40 cm long and 15 cm wide- possibly a brook trout. Lots of sediment on creek bed.

• 9 May 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Too deep to check on caddisfly hatch and other benthics, too deep to measure depth, heard red-winged blackbirds and blue jays calling, heard a male grouse drumming in the distance, marsh marigold blooming, water striders near flooded portion of banks.

• 9 May 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Large caddisfly hatch still present, no birdsong heard today, light traffic, marsh marigold, dogwood and pussywillow are all starting to grow leaves, undergrowth and riparian vegetation is growing back in.

• 22 April 2017

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

  Wild turkey calls, chickadees, turkey vulture, tadpoles, 15-20 dart fish.

• 20 April 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  New caddisfly hatch, with some larger ones that had built cases already. Chickadees and ducks calling- two ducks flew overhead during testing.

• 20 April 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Many larvae attached to rocks and vegetation, possibly a caddisfly hatch, stream is flowing very fast but isn't flooding. Spider spotted. No birdsong, probably due to incoming rain and heavier traffic than usual.

• 11 April 2017

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

• 5 April 2017

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

  Heard many birds. Water flow is noticably higher and was possibly higher a few days before.

• 5 April 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Heard sandhill cranes and ducks calling in distance, 2 water striders observed, heard chickadees and Eastern Phoebe at site. Depth was not taken due to water being too deep and fast moving to measure safely.

• 5 April 2017

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Water very deep and fast-moving, runoff coming from ditch alongside road, houseflies spotted, chickadees calling in woods around site.

• 23 March 2017

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Chickadees, ducks, steady breeze with a strong current, algae growing on rocks in streambed, daddy long legs sighted, crows, seagull and airplane heard.