Observations
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29 August 2022
Tree Haven Canal by Emilie DeRochie
Increase in macrophyte growth since last month, lots of crickets chirping, frogs jumping in the water. *Note: first test done with new pH meter!
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29 August 2022
Skootamatta River Rest Stop by Emilie DeRochie
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28 August 2022
Ferris Provincial Park Gorge Trail by Emilie DeRochie
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28 August 2022
Omemee Public Boat Launch by Emilie DeRochie
Shallow, weedy area. Sunfish present. Boat launch.
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27 August 2022
Bass Lake Provincial Park Boat Launch & Dock by Emilie DeRochie
Very small large mouth bass present at this site!
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26 August 2022
Oastler Lake Provincial Park boat launch by Emilie DeRochie
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26 August 2022
Oastler Lake Provincial Park Beach by Emilie DeRochie
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26 August 2022
Boyne River in Oastler Provincial Park by Emilie DeRochie
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26 August 2022
Bobby Orr Arena shoreline by Emilie DeRochie
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25 August 2022
Oastler Lake Provincial Park boat launch by Emilie DeRochie
Pickerel weed and lots of macrophyte diversity
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25 August 2022
Boyne River in Oastler Provincial Park by Emilie DeRochie
Large mouth bass, approx 1 foot in length!
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25 August 2022
Oxtongue River Picnic area by Emilie DeRochie
narrow river, tested off of a picnic area. Super sandy and the depth dropped off quickly.
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25 August 2022
Jones Creek Mouth by Emma Ehrenfeld
Birds: belted kingfisher, great blue heron, double crested cormorants. Fish: Bridle shiners, round goby, largemouth bass, golden shiners, lepomis sp., bluegill sunfish, brown bullhead catfish. Invertebrates: White river crayfish, freshwater sponge, bryozoan colonies, water striders, megeloptera, planarian sp., water boatmen, giant waterbugs (ouch bites feel like bee stings!), zebra mussels. Amphibians: bullfrog (male and female captured). Plants: Major and Minor species of duckweed, WATER MEAL, azolla filiculoides (water fern), sumac trees, wild grape, jewelweed, Mullen, purple loosestrife, typha sp., water marigold, COONTAIL, tapegrass, elodea, bladderwort, Eurasian milfoil, eggs and butter flowers. Invasive species: azolla filiculoides (water fern), purple loosestrife, Eurasian milfoil, round goby. zebra mussels. Species at risk: Bridle shiners.
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25 August 2022
Lake St Peter Provincial Park - campsite by Emilie DeRochie
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24 August 2022
Landons Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld
Birds: Ringbill gulls, common tern, mute (?) swan. Fish: Bridle shiners, pugnose shiners, BROOK SILVERSIDE, brown bullhead, channel catfish, tubenose gobies, round gobies, alewife, largemouth bass, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rock bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish. Plants: Chara algae, richardsons pondweed, tapegrass, fragrant white waterlilies, bullrush, water plantain, typha sp., reeds, variable leaf pondweed, water nymph, American burweed, coontail, Eurasian milfoil, water marigold, sago. Invertebrates: Freshwater sponge, leech, stonefly larvae. Invasive species: Eurasian milfoil, tubenose gobies, round gobies, mute(?) swan. Species at risk: Pugnose shiner, bridle shiner.
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24 August 2022
Greys Creek Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld
Plants: Willow trees, Eurasian milfoil, elodea, water plantain, fanwort, richardsons pondweed, fragrant white waterlilies, water meal, water nymph, algae. Birds: Ringbill gulls. Invertibrates: Zebra mussels. Fish: Bluegill sunfish, rock bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, golden shiners, lepomis sp., blacknose shiners, blackchin shiners, pugnose shiners, banded killifish, largemouth bass, round goby, tubenose goby, yellow perch, mimic shiners, bridle shiners, fallfish, spotfin shiners. Invasive species: Zebra mussels, round goby, tubenose goby, eurasian milfoil.
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22 August 2022
Adams Marina Shore by Emma Ehrenfeld
Fish: Largemouth bass, Tesselated darter, yellow perch, logperch, round goby, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish, fallfish, rock bass, bluntnose minnow, banded killifish. Plants: Typha sp., phragmites, american burweed, Eurasian milfoil, fanwort, elodea, nitellopsis algae, Richardsons pondweed, chara algae, water nymph, water marigold. Invasive species: Round goby, phragmites, Eurasian milfoil, nitellopsis algae.
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22 August 2022
Cornwall Island North Shore by Emma Ehrenfeld
Fish: Alewife, yellow perch, bluntnose minnow, rock bass, round goby, blackchin shiner, mimic shiner. Birds: Belted kingfisher. Plants: Willow trees, coontail, tapegrass, Eurasian milfoil, cladophora algae, elodea, sago, dogwood, jewelweed, POISON IVY, star grass, bullrush, fragrant white waterlilies, phragmites, purple loosestrife, American groundnut, richardsons pondweed, arrowhead, Nito algae. Invertebrates: Virile crayfish, caddisflies, damselflies, zebra mussels, marsh ramshorn. Invasive species: Nito, phragmite, purple loosestrife, zebra mussels, round gobies.
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19 August 2022
Hoople Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld
Birds: Ring billed gulls, common tern, bank swallow, common tern, great white egret, great blue heron, double-crested cormorant. Fish: Common carp, banded killifish, largemouth bass, rock bass, bluegill sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluntnose minnow, golden shiner, blackchin shiner. Invertebrates: Amber snail, bladder snail, dragonfly sp., leeches. Plants: Spiny water nymph, typha sp., fragrant white waterlilies, elodea, Eurasian milfoil, stargrass, water nymph. Invasive species: common carp, spiny water nymph, Eurasian milfoil.
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