Community Science Water Monitoring Program

Observations

• 22 November 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Water is extremely clear, sculpin sighted, chickadees heard calling, some algae growth on river bed still.

• 22 November 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Thin layer of ice on edges of creek. Small minnow (approx 5cm) sighted- possibly a dace of some kind. Cattails gone to seed, no birdsong heard. Squirrels chattering in the distance

• 15 November 2016

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

• 10 November 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

• 10 November 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Chickadees, one small minnow, vegetation is dying and falling into the creek.

• 9 November 2016

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

• 31 October 2016

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

  Chickadees, pileated woodpecker, blue jay sighted.

• 25 October 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Saw a ruffed grouse crossing the road near the bridge, lots of chickadees and a downy woodpecker sighted near the site.

• 25 October 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Blue jay, chickadees, wild carrot tops around the culvert, cattails gone to seed head along the creek bank.

• 24 October 2016

  Scout Valley Mill Creek Bridge by Couchiching Conservancy

  Rain previous night, 8 degrees celcius, north wind at approx 30 km/h.

• 11 October 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Crows and chickadees observed, vegetation is starting to decompose along the banks.

• 11 October 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Stream bed on each side of the test site is devoid of water flow. It is mucky, not dry, but there is no visible water flow. It was like testing water in a clean, relatively clear puddle. There is very little water in the culvert. Vegetation along the banks has not started to decompose. bumble bees, butterflies and squirrels.

• 29 September 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

• 29 September 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  Steady traffic, lots of 18 wheeler trucks, very noisy, chickadees, a hawk, crows, a bumblebee, lazy mosquitoes and an angry chipmunk.

• 27 September 2016

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

  Rain yesterday, sun and cloud today

• 24 September 2016

  Site D - Sundial Creek SE by Couchiching Conservancy

• 9 September 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  The following wildlife was observed at this site today: chipmunks, chickadees, large leopard frog, large black water beetle, blue jay, hornets, monarch butterfly.

• 9 September 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  School of minnows, leopard frog, green frog, butterflies, chipmunks, steady traffic.

• 26 August 2016

  Perch Creek at Doyle Road by Couchiching Conservancy

  Big black bear spotted on the road approximately 0.7 kilometers from the site. 2 frogs, lots of crickets, caddisfly larvae in water, damselflies and dragonflies, angry chipmunk still there. Heard a snipe calling in the distance.

• 26 August 2016

  Perch Creek Headwaters by Meagan Coughlin

  2 leopard frogs, bumble bees, goldfinches and chickadees calling,chipmunk, goldenrod blooming, cattails seeding.