Upper St. Lawrence River Volunteer Monitoring

Observations

• 20 July 2023

  St. Regis by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  Completed before a FINS

• 19 July 2023

  Saint Anicet Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Birds: Great blue heron. Plants: Fragrant white lily, tape grass, stonewort, elodea, star grass, greater and lesser duckweed, coontail, curlyleaf pondweed, variable leaf pondweed Fish: Fathead minnows, bluntnose minnows, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish, sand shiner, mimic shiner, yellow perch, white sucker, tadpole madtom, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, round goby, blacknose shiner, blackchin shiner, fallfish, banded killifish

• 18 July 2023

  Pointe-des-Cascades Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Amphibians: Green frog, bullfrog. Reptile: Garter snake. Birds: Great egret, american crow. Fish: Brook silverside, emerald shiners, spotfin shiners, spottail shiners, muskie, northern pike, longnose gar, golden shiner, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish, bluntnose minnow, yellow perch, banded killifish, bridle shiner, largemouth bass. Plants: Coontail, sago, american burweed, phragmites, purple loosestrife, fragrant white water lilies, yellow water lilies, richardsons pondweed, common bladderwort, flatstem pondweed, tape grass, sedge, bullrush Invasive species: Purple loosestrife, phragmites,

• 17 July 2023

  Flett Rd by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Mammal: American Mink Birds: Bank swallows, ring billed gulls, american robins, european starlings. Fish: Northern pike, GOLDEN SHINERS, Blackchin shiners, pugnose shiners, pumpkinseed sunfish, white suckers, round gobies. Invasive species: Round gobies, european starlings, phragmites, zebra mussels Species at risk: Pugnose shiners

• 14 July 2023

  Thompson Island - East by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Fish: Round goby, tubenose goby, fallfish, bluntnose minnow, spotfin shiner, pugnose shiner, banded killifish, white sucker, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass. Plants: Richardsons pondweed, stargrass, coontail, elodea, stonewort Invasive species: round goby, tubenose goby. Species at risk: Pugnose shiner

• 14 July 2023

  Thompson Island Cultural Camp by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Reptile: Garter snakes Mammal: Muskrat Birds: Great Blue Heron, european starlings, Great egret, double crested cormorant. Fish: Banded Killifish, Rockbass, Blackchin shiner, bluntnose minnow, pugnose minnow, bridle shiner, brook stickleback, brown bullhead, white sucker, smallmouth bass, round boby. Plants: White lilly pad, rush, stonewort, american burweed, stargrass. Species at risk: Pugnose shiner.

• 13 July 2023

  Cornwall Island East End by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

• 12 July 2023

  Shaver Rd Bridge by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Plants: cattails, alternate leaf pondweed, COONTAIL, frog bit. Invertebrates: Pink heelsplitter mussel, damselfly species. Amphibians: Green frogs and bullfrogs

• 12 July 2023

  Maegan's property by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

• 12 July 2023

  Morrison Island East End by Emma Ehrenfeld

• 11 July 2023

  Mille Roches Dock by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Plants: Tape grass, elodea, coontail, CURLYLEAF PONDWEED, richardsons pondweed, eurasian milfoil

• 11 July 2023

  Macdonell Island East by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Mammal: A very big beaver who was quite upset at our presence. He slapped the water and scared me so badly i dropped my things. Birds: Double crested cormorant, common grackle, red-winged blackbirds, common tern, ring billed gull. Fish: Bluntnose minnow, blackchin shiner, largemouth bass, banded killifish, round goby, tesselated darter, yellow perch, white sucker, fallfish

• 6 July 2023

  Maitland Tower Point by Emilie DeRochie

  Water tested in conjunction with the reading of a River Institute temperature logger

• 6 July 2023

  Drummond Island by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Birds: Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Red-winged Blackbirds, Sparrow/wren sp., Mallard ducks, loon, common tern, ring-billed gulls. Amphibians: Mudpuppy salamander. Insects: Dragonfly species, nematodes, water boatmen, amber snails. Crustaceans: Virile Crayfish. Plants: HAIR ALGAE, Sago pondweed, elodea, Eurasian milfoil, tape grass, curly leaf pondweed, slender pondweed, flatstem pondweed, horned pondweed, red dogwood, typha, rush. Fish: Banded Kilifish, Bluntnose minnow, SPOTFIN SHINERS, brook silverside, brown bullhead, northern pike, largemouth bass, rock bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, WHITE SUCKERS, mimic shiners, round goby, tubenose goby. INVASIVE SPECIES: European Milfoil, Tubenose goby, Round goby, Common Carp.

• 6 July 2023

  Alexandra David's Shore by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

• 5 July 2023

  Oliver Magee drain by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Birds: osprey, mallard ducks, common tern, bank swallow. Invertebrates: amber snails, crayfish, zebra mussels, whirlygig beetles Plants: eurasian milfoil, SAGO, CURLY LEAF PONDWEED, CHARA ALGAE, coontail, alternate leaf pondweed, Fish: BANDED KILLIFISH, MIMIC SHINER, bluntnose minnow, ROUND GOBY, white sucker, yellow perch, spotfin shiner, golden shiner

• 5 July 2023

  Near Dam by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

• 4 July 2023

  Inlet between River Institute and L’Heritage High School by Emma Ehrenfeld

  Very hot humid day and water level is much higher than usual due to the rain the past week Birds: house sparrow and fledglings, double crested cormorant, American crow Plants: POISON IVY, elodea, curly leaf pondweed, purple loosestrife, red clover, MILKWEED, Invertebrates: amber snails, cabbage moth

• 28 June 2023

  Thompson Island Cultural Camp by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

• 27 May 2023

  Tree Haven Canal by Emilie DeRochie

  Water is likely turbid due to the presence of spawning common carp!