Pearl River

It was bright, sunny, and hot today. There was a slight breeze. The water looked a bit lower than last time.

The water didn’t stink like it did last time. There were still dead/discarded fish lying around and trash in and around the water.

There were people out fishing. I saw a good amount of fishing birds, goose poop and I’m assuming goose footprints. (I included a picture.) There were little fish swimming by and lots of bugs! I saw butterflies, flies, wasps, a cricket, and dragonflies.

There was trash floating off the dock in the river, and there were decomposing fish floating in the water and lying on the land. They looked discarded from previous fishers. There were butterflies feeding off the dead fish. The water smelled like dead fish too.

People were out fishing and boating. There was a variety of insects other than the butterflies. There were a few dragonflies and a handful of wasps.

One wasp kept trying to explore the trunk of my car for a place to nest, so my testing was interspersed with finding ways to frighten the wasp off without getting stung and a bit of jogging away from the car every time it swooped in my direction. The wasp that gave me the most exercise was some sort of thin waisted paper wasp, and there was also a small green wasp that I didn’t get a good look at before it flew away.

There were a lot of people out fishing and boating, and I saw a lot of water birds as well. The spillway had a strong flow and there were rapids. It was VERY windy, and the river looked higher than usual.