Observations
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7 December 2018
Meagan Coughlin
Flooded banks, wood debris damming up near culvert grate. Water flowing in from roadside ditch.
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26 October 2018
Meagan Coughlin
Caddisfly larva spotted, algae coating rocks. The telephone pole near the site has been replaced. Vegetation mowed down, assuming this to be part of the pole replacement process, riparian buffer left intact.
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8 July 2018
Meagan Coughlin
Minnow fry and larger minnows both sighted, water striders sighted, one green frog. A few ebony jewelwings and other damselflies darting around. Milkweed in bloom, several flower crab spiders seen hunting on it.
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16 November 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Caddisfly larvae, riparian vegetation has gone to seed completely, but sumbergent vegetation is still green.
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10 October 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Red dragonfly, caddisfly larvae and leech sighted. Leaves on nearby trees have fallen.
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26 September 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Low flow. 3 leeches, snails, water striders. 1 Leopard frog, hot weather and quiet at site.
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14 September 2017
Meagan Coughlin
3 green frogs, 1 leopard frog, water strider sighted. Lots of algae on substrate near banks, slow-moving current.
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31 August 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Creek is calm, very little current. 1 water beetle and 1 water strider. 3 green frogs, 1 leopard frog, lots of submergent vegetation
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15 August 2017
Meagan Coughlin
One green frog, 2 monarch butterflies, many bumblebees, at least 5 water striders. Queen Anne's lace, chicory and cattails doing well.
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3 August 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Four water striders, submergent vegetation not present during last trip.
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21 July 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Water flowing very fast, many goldfinches heard, caddisfly larvae still present, many other smaller larvae clinging to rocks on stream bottom.
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28 June 2017
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.
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14 June 2017
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.
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25 May 2017
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.
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9 May 2017
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.
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20 April 2017
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.
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5 April 2017
Meagan Coughlin
Water very deep and fast-moving, runoff coming from ditch alongside road, houseflies spotted, chickadees calling in woods around site.