Ottawa River

Purple loosestrife (only about 2-3 plants). along the shoreline of small bay (Ottawa River/Lac des Chats). Lots of other native plants and shrubs in the area)

Apr 25/2021 - Baie Haughton. Water level similar to late spring/summer levels. (No major flooding this spring).

A resident beaver has found a nice spot in the bay to relax and do some grooming (between the scow and the shoreline).

May 18/2019.
Weather in past 24 hrs - clear/partly cloudy
Weather now - overcast
Human activity - none (no boats allowed due to flooding)
Wildlife - 5 map turtles, 1 spotted sandpiper
Ottawa river still flooded. Lots of debris (broken pieces of docks, and styrofoam on the shoreline.

Date: October 28, 2018
Investigator: Jennifer Haughton
Weather in past 24 hours: light snow/rain overnight
Weather now: snowing
Wildlife: Yesterday (Octo 27th) there was a large flock (counted 44) of common goldeneye ducks in front of the bay. A few small flocks of Canada Geese flying over during the afternoon.

July 20, 2018
Investigator - Jennifer Haughton
Weather in past 24 hours - clear/partly cloudy
Weather now - clear/partly cloudy, wind - 16km/h (Environment Canada website)
Observations - Wildlife
- Garter snake, 2 map turtles, 2 green frogs
Secchi disk (could see secchi disk at the bottom of water (1.9m))
Dissolved Oxygen measured using YSI
YSI measurements at surface
Water temp - 25.0C, pH - 6.7, dissolved O2 - 7.7 mg/L, Conductivity - 52 uS/cm

A dead yellow perch floated into shore. Relatively large, appears to be a female, that was possibly carring eggs. There are also lots of observations of strands of yellow perch eggs near the shorelines (see second picture).

Found two baby snapping turtles at the shoreline. (Note: photo is from October 4th, when I found 1 baby snapping turtle).

I found a small perch that floated up on shore. Not sure how it died.

A warm and sunny day today (high for the day was approx. 25°C). Water levels on the Ottawa River are beginning to go down. With the high temperatures the map turtles are now out sunning on the logs. I counted 14 map turtles in the bay and saw a garter snake near the shoreline.