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
2016-08-12
Creek has run dry, no water to test, garbage all over road near site. Note: The team went bac...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-07-24
Orbweaver female still there but the male is gone (lover's spat?), many small frogs, minnow schoo...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-07-12
Blue jay, ovenbird, chickadees calling. Minnow hatchlings still present. Many horseflies and deer...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-06-27
Minnow hatchlings, two green frogs, caddisflies, horseflies and deerflies.
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
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2016-06-13
Lots of dragon flies - ergo lots of mosquitoes! Chickadees, wild turkey. High traffic on the road...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
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2016-05-30
Many different dragonflies and damselflies, swallowtail butterfly, small pile of goose scat on ba...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-05-16
Caddisfly larvae still present, little brown birds of various kinds sighted, last year's cattail ...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
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2016-04-29
Grate has been replaced, no bird song this time but some insects, squirrels chattering in woods, ...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-04-15
Grate covering culvert has been removed, nearby landowner stopped to chat (wondered what we were ...
Perch Creek : Perch Creek Headwaters
Observed on
2016-03-29
Runoff from ditch going into stream but vegetation filtering sand out, chickadees calling.