Blakeburn Lagoons

Ducks were spotted.

Fair amount of waterfowl observed on East Lagoon, including a Kingfisher, Mallards, American Widgeons, Coots, Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, and Hooded Mergansers, as well as songbirds such as Black-capped chickadees and juncos.

Note: minor amounts of salt noted on observation platform deck to reduce slippage issues.

Wildlife observations at or near sampling site included: mallards (15), black-capped chickadees (4), white-crowned sparrows (3), American crows (2), and Spotted towhees (2).

Wildlife observations at or near sampling site included: mallards, kingfisher, spotted towhee, black-capped chickadees. Considerable drop in water levels with very dry conditions in past month.

Concern noted about color of pH test strip, which was very bright pink. This color was not seen on rating scale for this measurement. Will contact Water Rangers admin to find out how this measurement could be interpreted.
Wildlife observations at or near sampling site included: mallards (6) with several young ducklings; black-headed grosbeaks - male (2); willow flycatchers (2); american robins (2); northern flickers (2); american crows (2); tree swallows (4); violet-green swallows (2); american bullfrogs (2)

Tree leaves spotted in lagoon.
Heavy rain.

Overview of birds seen at sampling site:
- Canada geese (8); Orange-crowned warblers (2); Yellow-rumped warblers (6) both Audubon and Myrtle variants: Spotted Towhee; Buffleheads (2); Mallards (6); Tree swallows (7); Violet-green swallows (5); Northern Rough-winged swallows (2)

Spotted Canadian geese and ducks.

Secchi disk not available for test today.

Ice starting to form at some areas in lagoon with recent cooling trend.