Bittern Creek
Quebec, Canada
Site just inside the mouth of Bittern Creek. It is surrounded by dense bush with plants such as bullrush and typha, and other woody shrubs. It is relatively shallow, and has a diverse macrophyte population
Location created by
Emma Ehrenfeld
- Group: River Rapport & Education : River Institute
- Lat: 45.0204711
- Lng: -74.5693374
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: America/Toronto
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Very soft organic-rich bottom - easy to sink and get stuck!
Muskrat dens in reeds
Fish: Northern pike, pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow perch, largemouth bass, bluntnose minnows.
Plants: Yellow pond lilies, fragrant white pond lilies, Eurasian milfoil, elodea, typha, loosestrife, water marigold, American bur-reed, richardsons pondweed, starry duckweed, tape grass, bladderwort.
Birds: Common tern, black tern, seagulls
Plants: Typha, Sedge, coontail/fanwort? elodea, Richardsons pondweed, Eurasian milfoil, yellow pondlilies, and curly leaf pondweed.
Birds seen included common and black terns, and a great blue heron.