Ottawa River

Rain overnight. Very humid and warm.

Water levels have dropped. Road has been repaired recently. Minimal disturbance to creek. Many leopard frogs. Lots of mosquitoes and black flies.

Lots of frogs along the bank of the creek. Road has been repaired since spring floods. Water is still pretty high due to lots of heavy rain.

Walked the trail, collecting morels and fiddleheads. It was chilly at dusk and it had been a bit rainy during the day. The road at the boat launch was flooded completely. We had to turn around and return the way we came. We saw porcupine poop.

Hunted for fiddle heads and morels with Julie Sell. Took her water testing for the first time. It was slightly overcast. Animals tracks and scat of porcupine near flooded parking area. Parking lot completely flooded due to spring melt and multiple accumulated factors. Flooding was an issue for many regions throughout the province this spring.

The creek is still high and washing out the road. Lots of debris and sediment in the water.

A beaver was observed swimming in the culverts.

Erosion is heavy today as all the spring rain and snow melt has washed away quite a bit of the access road at Owl Rafting. Spotted a busy little beaver working on a dam just below the culverts.

Wind 22 km NW, 100.6 kPa, 98% Humidity.

Rainy all week, very little snow still on the ground, trees are starting to bud, and the ducks are loving this weather🦆

Spring has finally arrived and with it high water. This creek flows year round but is very high and fast today. The warmer weather has melted a lot of snow; the recent rain raised the water over the road and washed out the road bed. This creek flows through numerous fields and farms before reaching this point. The creek joins the Ottawa River 300 meters downstream.

Canada geese, blue jays and chickadees were all observed in the vicinity.
Red squirrels were also seen as well as signs of deer, porcupine and raccoon.

Owl rafting putin drainage ditch area 30 m away from Ottawa River. Very mucky & foamy buildup, heavy evergreen forest surrounding creek.