Perch Creek
Ontario, Canada
This site is located as close to the headwaters of Perch Creek as we can viably get to. Test samples are taken just before the culvert that allows the creek to pass under Monck Road.
Location created by
Meagan Coughlin
- Group: Couchiching Conservancy : Community Science Water Monitoring Program
- Site ID: WQ8
- Lat: 44.7176179
- Lng: -78.8864064
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2017-03-23
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2017-02-28
Patches of snow still present, creek has flooded its bank. Chickadees calling in the distance. Ru...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-12-07
Snow on ground, water flowing faster than last time, chipmunks chattering at each other, no minno...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-11-22
Thin layer of ice on edges of creek. Small minnow (approx 5cm) sighted- possibly a dace of some k...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-11-10
Chickadees, one small minnow, vegetation is dying and falling into the creek.
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-10-25
Blue jay, chickadees, wild carrot tops around the culvert, cattails gone to seed head along the c...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-10-11
Stream bed on each side of the test site is devoid of water flow. It is mucky, not dry, but there...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-09-29
Steady traffic, lots of 18 wheeler trucks, very noisy, chickadees, a hawk, crows, a bumblebee, la...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-09-09
School of minnows, leopard frog, green frog, butterflies, chipmunks, steady traffic.
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-08-26
2 leopard frogs, bumble bees, goldfinches and chickadees calling,chipmunk, goldenrod blooming, ca...