Parrot Riverfront Trail Above Moira Dam in Belleville : Moira River

Today's weather was mostly mixed sun and cloud early in the day but cleared by the time we arrived at the site to only small patches of clouds. Low to no wind. It's warm but the humidity of the previous week began to burn off yesterday. Water levels are slightly higher at the site than last week, likely from rain over the weekend. Insect activity is lower, but still present. Saw ants, multiple species of wasp, a bumblebee of undetermined species, some dragonflies, and flies. Saw the local beaver and were told about at least one juvenile that a passerby saw with them a few minutes before we saw the adult. Saw a pair of eastern kingbirds, as well as some usual suspects, i.e. the flock of Canada geese, who were on land this week, as well as the osprey family on their platform, gulls at the bade of the dam, redwing blackbirds, and goldfinches. Also saw about 10 common mergansers sitting on the dam barriers upriver from the site. At least one small cyprinid fish of unidentified species darted out and back under the water lily pads. Milkweed are growing bigger but no evidence of monarchs in any life stage. Still some dog strangling vine near the sample site/riverbank.