Black River outflow to Lake Ontario : Black River

Milford, Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Deb Hudson
  • Observed on: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:50:00 -0400
  • Testers Deb Hudson
  • Associated with:
    County Sustainability Group
  • Lat: 43.9663801
  • Lng: -77.0338583

Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 7.6
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 6.0
Secchi depth m What's this? 2.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 180.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 200.0
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 338.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 20.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 17.4

Wildlife

Mammal
Mammal What's this?
Bird
Bird What's this?

Weather

Current weather What's this?
The sky was mostly cloudy with the sun peaking through intermittently.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
After a long, long dry spell this summer there was 70 mm of rain over the last two days.

Latest photos

Notes

In the tall plants further along the shoreline I heard a disturbance and looked up to see a house cat with some prey. As I continued to watch the little animal got away from the cat. It was a young rabbit.
I startled a great blue heron and some ducks when I approached the water's edge.