Black River

In the tall plants further along the shoreline I heard a disturbance and looked up to see a house cat with some prey. As I continued to watch the little animal got away from the cat. It was a young rabbit.
I startled a great blue heron and some ducks when I approached the water's edge.

There is more algae on the river. There was a kayaker and someone canoeing.
There were two groups of fishers. I spoke with one person about taking water samples and told him about the Water Rangers website. He told me he had caught a few perch earlier in the day that were too small to keep as well as a small gobi fish.
Construction continues on the bridge during the week.

Construction continues all summer on the bridge. There were 2 fishermen casting from the bank of the river.

Work began April 16th to replace the bridge at Black River. This construction will continue into the fall.
A swan was swimming downstream from the bridge and a great blue heron flew overhead. There were two boys fishing at the bridge.

The data was collected over two evenings (April 5 & 6) as I needed advice about getting the conductivity meter to work. On the second night I saw a small black fish that looked like it had one bulging eye and wasn't sure if it had a problem. It was swimming normally.
Birds are returning - I saw ducks & red-winged black birds.
The ice went out March 1st.

No rain in past 24 hrs. Sunny and bit windy. No wildlife to be seen or heard.

A young boy was fishing and caught a perch. There were three snakes along the water's edge.

There has been a lot of rain in the last several weeks.

It was a sunny day with a bit of wind. Over the last two weeks there has been a lot of rain.

Sunny and calm with no rainfall in past 24 hrs. Levels up over the retaining wall and dock not installed yet so tested under the bridge. Some Canada Geese on the river and schools of very tiny minnows evident swimming about.