Okanagan Lake

Whitestone Lake

Wood Lake

Trout Lake
Great Blue Heron, Canada goose, Mallard Duck, Northwestern Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Anna’s Hummingbird
Cutleaf Evergreen Blackberry, Yellow Flag Iris, probably european and fragrant waterlily, and yellow floating heart
European and Fragrant Waterlily and Yellow Floating Heart

Lake Scugog

Lake Huron
Herring Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls,
Double-crested Cormorant

Trout Lake
Northwestern Crow, Mallard Duck, Red-Winged Blackbird, green-winged teal
Yellow flag Iris, himalayan blackberry, Ruby-crowned Kinglet

White Lake

Fairy Lake
Garlic mustard (on banks leading to lake and river)

Grizzly Lake
Canada Geese, golden eagle, crow, osprey, loon, chipmunk, whiskey jack

Durrance Lake

Big Gull Lake

Lake Huron
3 hour thunderstorm last night
Thick fog in am

Shawnigan Lake

Grizzly Lake
Golden Eagle, Osprey, Crow, Canada Geese, Loon, Chipmunk, Whiskey Jack

Lake Nosbonsing

Lake Lisgar

Nancy Greene Lake

Moyie Lake

Buck Lake
Loon
Osprey
Rainbow Trout
Mallard
Swallows

Kootenay Lake
Hi cloud some sun. Rain most days in last two weeks.
Note the time is Pacific Daylight Time.
Canada goose
There is no space for general comments about the site or the process. So I am adding here that I also measured the lake temp at 50cm and 150cm and noted it on the field card.
Also, I took one more photo toward the North because this is a sm
There are no doubt invasive plant species but too early in the season to identify.

Lower Arrow Lake

Deer Bay

Kootenay Lake

Trout Lake

Lake Ontario
Mallards, swans, redwinged blackbirds, gulls, canada goose, house sparrow

Long Lake
We are not familiar with invasive species but have submitted photos of the shoreline view from the water
Garbage present on grounds/water edge- we collected

Lake Simcoe

Lake Couchiching
Squirrel, chipmunks, great blue heron, mallard male, female and babies,

Long Lake

Stake Lake
About 1cm fresh snow. Air tempurature was -1 (can't seem to enter a negative number in the tempurature section of the survey)
Dock pushed up against shore, likely from when the ice came off the lake asit wasnt like that through the winter.

Yellow Flag Iris, Cutleaf evergreen blackberry

Big Lake
Sunnny and warm with rain overcast alternating this past week

Lake Scugog
Common carp
Grackle
Red-winged blackbird
Green frog
Osprey

Lake Huron
Red squirrel, chipmunk
Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Sandhill Crane, Song Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Common Loon, Canada Goose

White Lake
extreme wind to 190 k/h on may 21 2022 at 230pm

Lac Le Jeune
About 1cm fresh snow. Air tempurature was -1 (cant seem to add a negative to the tempurature part of the survey)
Loon, Barrow's Goldeneye, Mallard, Canada goose

Whitestone Lake
Ruby throated hummingbirds, red eyed vireo, gulls, robins, woodpecker, mosquitos, cottage dog (George is a golden retriever-lab mix)
Quiet morning. A few chain saw sounds. People chatting. Birds singing.

Cottonwood Lake
None noted, but early in spring - not showing yet?
Small amount of garbage near/in fire pit. pit
Lake is stocked annually with approximately 2,000 rainbows. Fishermen (4) present.

Walker Lake
Water snake, snail, lots of dragon flies, boatman
Thermometer was in water a depth of about 5”

Farlain Lake
Water level is unusually high this year as lake level is not controlled

Lake Muskoka

Fraser River
Seal, crows and a black goose whose I don’t know the name, who was swimming and diving

Lake Windermere

Summit Lake
Today is a clearer day after multiple days of rain, at times there have been very heavy downpours in the past 3 days.
Canada Geese nesting on far shoreline, 3 goslings sighted when driving to my sampling location today! (no photo)
Some type of mollusk shell present near shoreline
Water striders (invertebrate) noted near shallow waters at beginning of dock
My sampling site is on the dock of a campground on the lake. I observe other areas of the lake to gain a greater idea of biodiversity as a whole but will specify if I submit photos or information from areas different to my sample site.

Kootenay lake

Huron

Gull Lake

Clearwater Lake

Killenbeck Lake
Eastern Phoebe, chipmunk, flycatcher. Kingfisher, common wren
Sunfish

Morfee Lake

Blysteiner Lake
New build across the lake, road put in, land cleared of trees to lake, no sign of erosion protection measures between build site and lake or runoff protection. The lake area in front of site is a common feeding spot for loons in the summer

Watson Lake

Tea Lake
Our water is tea coloured. The image shows our marine railway at a depth of 1 meter. There is rarely wildlife about on weekends but we often see animals during the week.

Harrison Lake

Kootenay Lake
Rain storm May 27-water rising as per normal snow pack run off predictions -dam controlled lake

Lake Couchiching

Water rising per normal predictions with snow pack -lake is dam controlled

Lake Couchiching
Canada geese, merganser, snapping turtle, sunfish,
Goby, Hydrilla (patches of 2m width), green algae ( 1 m patches)

Minnows, small mouth bass, zibra muscles, geese, mink, painter turtle, baldinger turtle, water snake, gardet snake, fox snake, massassaga rattler snake, chipmonk, red wing black bird, cedar wax wing. Yellow warpler, loon, turn, commoron, monarch butterfl

Burnaby Lake
Unusually cool spring weather, heavy rains earlier in the week. Sample site is on a public rowing dock and it was a busy afternoon.

Grizzly Lake

Paul Lake

Kootenay River

Marquart Lake
Muskrat, rainbow trout, bumblebee, tree frog

Durrance Lake
It's been unseasonably cold and a few strong wind storms recently - small branches and trees on forest trails - no damage around the lake
Resident eagle looking majestic for the groups of fishers on the dock (where I take the sample) and on two other beaches around the North shore of the lake. Five floating craft on the water - electric motor dinghy - paddle boarders - inflatable row boats
Buttercups along the main trail on the North side of the lake - lots of Scotch Broom along the road to the lake and some invasion occurring in meadows on the trails (we stop and pull them so the Camas - shooting stars - yarrow and other wildflowers have

Lake Charles

Lake Ontario
Mallard ducks, red necked grebes, Canada geese, American robin, red winged black bird, swallows, double crested cormorant
At a boat launch where there are motorized boats that may be leaking gas/oil into water
Various bits of garbage in the water. Location is a boat launch within Humber Bay that opens into Lake Ontario. Very busy. With boats and jet skis. Pollen is extremely heavy and is visible on the water surface.

Lake Simcoe
Perch
Canada geese
Grackles seagulls
Millions of flying bugs
This lake is very Disturbing the smell was awful also dead fish weird land formation on beach

Saint Mary Lake
No, finally in the mid teens and snow line is receding

Jordan Harbour
we are experiencing above average daily temperatires

Paul Lake
Miinows, baby trout, garter snake, Common Grebe, osprey, Common Loon. Photo should show baby trout.
Paul Lake close to flooding in some areas

Lake Simcoe
Warm water for May , unbelievable how this will increase in June July august

Shane Lake
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped warbler
Townsend’s warbler
Mallard

Nottawasagua Bay

Oasis Wetland South
Red wing black bird, moose tracks, western terrestrial garder snake swimming

Oasis Wetland North
Yellow bellied racer, columbia spotted frog, red wing black bird, golden eye (1 female 7 young of year)

Saint Mary Lake
Light wind and some cloud coverage later into our stay.
1. Common loon (immature).
2. Killdeer.
3. Many unidentified fish jumping.

Malcolm Lake

Wendigo Lake

McLean Ponds
Largemouth Bass
Pumpkinseed
Northern Flicker
Spotted Towhee
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
American Bullfrog
Painted Turtle
Great Blue Heron
Pacific Forktail
Yellow Flag Iris

Williamson Lake
Northern suck, red sided shiner , birds chirping in distance

Stake lake
Osprey, various songbirds, some small flying insects

Lac Le Jeune
White foam along shore, not sure what this is indicates?

Stake Lake
Mallard with ducklings, various songbirds, small flying insect
White foam, not sure what this indicates

Lac Le Jeune
Less white foam than last time but still present

Lake Scugog
Grackle
Red-winged blackbird
Great Blue Heron

Lake Ontario

Cariboo Lake
Spring run off rain last night snow pack still in mountains
Pollen very heavy high water lots of debris of sticks and logs in lake

Wood Lake
Lots of rain in recent week, followed by two days of sunshine, newly cloudy as of today.

Whitestone Lake
Red eyed vireo, American redstart, sunfish, dock spider
Lots of pollen on the water’s surface today. Birds are pretty happy today. Heard loons about an hour ago.

Muskrat Lake

Farlain Lake

REd Squirrel, Chipmunk
Spotted Sandpiper, Eastern Phoebe, Ring-billed Gull, Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, American Redstart
water is very clear. can see to a depth of at least 15 metres

Blysteiner Lake
Further tree removal and clearing on opposite shore. Was usual am fishing spot for loons and eagles. Have not seen either present lately

Kennedy Lake
Lots of tree removal on the shoreline by beavers has opened up the shoreline to more sun

Nottawasaga Bay

Shane Lake

Crowe Lake

Mallard ducks, barn swallow, northwestern crow, black capped chickadee
Yellow flag Iris, Cutleaf Evergreen blackberry, himalayan blackberry, yellow floating heart

Walker Lake
Lots of dragonflies, small mouth bass babies

Tea Lake

Walloper Lake

Bouleau Lake

Lake Beauchamp

Gleniffer Lake
Rain
The Red Deer River got really high this week and the water levels increased a lot.
Extremely low water levels. Antidotal reports from residents it’s the worst is 30 years.

Crag Lake
Beaver, eagles, kingfisher, Greebe, loons, gulls,

Burnaby Lake
Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Mallard Duck, Swainson's Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Canada Goose.

several intense rain events in past week

constant rain overnight. very few waterfowl today with the exception of 5 male mallards.
chipmunks, squirrels, round gobi, minnows, robins, chicadees, eastern wood pee wee, great crested flycatcher, red eyed vireo, american redstart, redwing blackbird

Fish Lake

Skaha Lake

Normal lake level rising per predictions from Fortis BC

Fraser River
- 1 seal
- seagulls
- crows
- an annoying fly

Anderson Lake
Deer, Canada goose, ducks, red winged blackbird, swallows, robins,

Killenbeck Lake
Sunfish,chipmunks, red squirrel, loon, geese, eastern Phoebe, robins, great blue heron, whippoorwill, hummingbird, barred owl
Either watermilfoil or hydrilla (not sure, garlic mustard

Mud Lake
Last 12 days precipitation some thunder & lightening.
June average temp 22 c and avg lows 10c
Yellow-bellied Marmot, Badger (den only), MALL female & male plus 3 ducklings, AMCO, RWBB,MAWR,RTHA, Swallow (couldnt ID to species due to sun angle), Meadowhawk Dragon Fly, Dragonfly larva, Skipper (Hesperia), possibly Nodding Thistle Weevil, Orb Spider
Dalmation Toadflax,might have been Reed Canary Grass, alot of Thistles (municipality is treating with herbicides)

Bullfrog (acoustic ID and visual)
Smallmouth Bass
Minnows
Dragonflies
Birds in vicinity (calls)
Litter (bits of Styrofoam, product tag); dead minnow (unknown cause); smallmouth bass spawning at site; lots of pollen in the water; swarm of dragonflies

6 Mile Lakes
Too far away to properly identify, possibly bufflehead female with two ducklings
Two other groups at the lake, one on paddleboard one in a canoe

Kalamalka Lake
June avg 22c; low avg 10 c
Precipation last 12 days
Muke Deer tracks, Osprey (fly over not fishing),
Mallard duck female with 4 ducklings, CAGO, COME male with 2 females
No aquatic insects, no dragonflies, no paaserine birds.
Sedimentation and possible cummulstive effects from shallow water docks and large outboard motors. Littoral is "sterile" I sampled for aquatic insects and there were none.

Marquart Lake
Coyote (scat), pacific loon, Canada goose, rainbow trout, muskrat

Kootenay River
Water level is about 20 cm higher than last time.more debris in water such as small branches

Lake Lewis
First rainy day in one week. Sunny otherwise.

Lake Lewis
Red squirrel
Common loon (2)
American goldfinch
Yellow-dumped warbler
Common yellow throat
Ovenbird
Red-eyed vireo
American robin
Spring peepers
Bullfrog
Water levels are lowest seen at this time of year since we started coming here in 2012. Levels of light pollution are increasing as some cottagers seem to want their properties lighted at urban levels. since we started

Big thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Very cool temp yesterday

Buck Lake
Garbage from campers on shoreline, cans in water

Buck Lake

Lake Nosbonsing
Could not tell the name of the fish, they were small, probably bass?

Aperture Lake

Spider Lake

Sturgeon Lake

Morfee Lake
Lots of pollen along shoreline. Common for this time of year.

Morfee Lake
There are two Morfee Lakes separated by a narrow peninsula. No motorcraft are allowed in the south lake. It is somewhat smaller and shallower than the North lake.

Thetis Lake
Swainson’s Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Dark-eyes Junco

Painted turtle young
Wood Duck
Muskrat
Seagull
Turkey vulture

Big Lake
Black birds and many
Other small unidentified birds very active lots of singing and chirping

Rain over the course of the weekend, with thunder storms.
Red necked grebes, mallard ducks, common grackle, European starlings, common tern, swallows (unsure if cliff or tree swallow), red winged blackbirds, various seagull species
Lots of cigarette butts at this boat launch, some boat users, bits of plastic in the water. There is some sort of possible algae or fungus floating on the water.

Gull Lake
Lots of rain in last few days, lots of pine pollen in the lake

Durrance Lake
2 groups were fishing on the dock and one party had caught a fish for dinner (rainbow trout)

two dogs, two people
merganser
heron gulls
minnows

Upper Rideau Lake
Red fox, mink, robin, smallmouth bass, sunfish, zebra mussels, snail (unidentified), dock spider
The lake looks very good. There is more wildlife that was not spotted today. The water is very clear.

Lake Wilcox
Huge rain storm as i left lake wilcox site
Group of fisherman catching sunfish. ( & keeping them!)

Head Lake
We had 112mm of rain in the previous week.
Pumpkinseeds sitting on nests
Freshwater mussels, Eastern Elliptio
Natural shoreline altered in the water to create ledge rock retaining walls

Major rain and cold over the past few days..We call it Junuary.

Lake of Two Mountains
Flying squirrel habitat deminished with housr built right in buffer zone of wetlands that flooded in 2017 and 2019

The shore line had been improved along the beach area the water also have less sum on rope still lots of garage floating in water but not as bad as the first time

Beach shore kind has been cleaned up water still not a nice colour at shore line still need clean up of garbage in water

Lake of Two Mountains
wood ducks, turns, beaver, mallards, canada geese, bald eagles, eastern painted turtle, butterflies, american red squirrel, grey squirrel, cottontail rabbits, merganzers, seagulls turkey vultures, egrets, great blue heron, leopard frog, snapping turtles
Fragrant water lilly ( nymphea ororata), himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera), purple loosestrife
Efforts made to protect habitat with the least amount of development by wetlands. Still notice decline of species! Concern there are fireworks planned in vulnerable habitat area

Kootenay Lake surface level is very high and rising. Access to my sampling site was not possible due to flooding of the ramp to the wharf.
Flooding made it impossible to sample the site on the requested days so I entered 000 in temperature blank

Cottonwood Lake
Calm today, but yesterdays storm cell came with hail, thunder and rain.
Flicker, swallow, crow and other bird calls that I couldn’t identify
Delayed observation date due to a lack of access Construction of new toilets and all-access pathways to and along lake edge. Good care being taken to not impact lake.

High rains over last month. Extremely high lake levels. I am 100+ meters from normal sampling point.

Shuswap Lake

Watson Lake
Thermometer stopped working. Will see if we can find one in town.

Glennifer Lake
Hot the last two days. Lots of rain for the past week

Prospect Lake
top 6 inches water quite warm 23 degrees, temperature at 18 inch depth only 18 degrees

Saint Mary Lake
Heavy precipitation two days ago. Lake is way up from last visit.

Stake Lake
Loon, various songbirds, mallard and ducklings, osprey, canada geese

Walloper Lake
Beaver
Rainbow trout
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Loons

jordan Harbour

Williamson Lake
Higher levels of silt notability in lake
Higher then normal snow pack, start of first heat wave,

Wascana Lake
Mallards, Canada Goose, Common Yellow Throat, Snow Goose, Somg Sparrow, House Finch
.. no photos… sounds only
I am not very good at identifying invasive species

Farlain Lake
Lake levels are unusually high this year (Lake level is not controlled)

Not sure what kind of fish, American goldfinch, hummingbirds, Canada geese
Bright hot sunny day fish are babies 1-2 inches long lots of them

Cariboo Lake
High water still spring run off lake is murky

Burnaby Lake
garter snake, tree and barn swallows, spotted towhees, canada geese, mallard ducks

Rain events continue more spoadically now though it has rained 2 of the past 3 nights.
Lake coninues to drop in spite of large snowpack remaining.
Grasses ibcluding Phalaris arundinacea
Centaurea maculatum

Munro Lake

Full pool right now, a lot of branches and trees at the shoreline

Fraser River

Spurr Lake
Weather 30 butfeels like 35
Surface temperature is 28c
A quarry in Bamcroft has been approved after several years of fighting.it has not yet started

Water not as clear as usual. “Stirred up”

Cardwell Lake
Snapping turtle - large 50 cm shell
One adult loon
small fish jumping - unknown
Western shore of lake has cottages, several with turfgrass down to shoreline.
Significant thermocline at about 5 feet. Unable to measure temperature

Summit Lake

Mississippi Lake
We have loons, ducks, many different birds, water snake, muskrat, blue heron, etc. Am I only allowed to send photos of wildlife on the day of submitting data?

Canada goose
Heron
Swallow
Carp (spawning)
Seagulls
These are man made canals leading into lake Simcoe

chipmunk, red squirrel, racoon
common loon, great blue heron, mallard, turkey vulture, spotted sandpiper, ring-billed gull, ruby-throated hummingbird, pileated woodpecker, eastern wood-pewee, red-eyed vireo, blue jay, american crow, common raven, black-c

Spring Creek
Drought conditions no noticeable.rainfall since last.collection

Lac La Biche
Shoreline is back about 3m from last year.

Blysteiner Lake

Anderson Lake
Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail in the cn past couple days in and around the area.

Okanagan Lake
Hear them twittering in tree foiliage, but can't see them.
Pollen on surface. Water level higher than normal.

Special weather statement in effect - first hot stretch of the summer
Unless you consider ~1000 people at the lake invasive!
There were around 1000 people at the lake today! No wildlife to be seen - no resident eagle - no red-green swallows

Lake Lewis
Bullfrog (native)
Song sparrow
Black & white warbler
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Common loon
Lake level has returned to seasonally normal.

Upper Rideau Lake
Some loose floating water plants around dock

Head Lake
It was 30C high temps the last 3 days and today a cold front came in. Pumpkinseeds are still guarding there nests

Fish Lake
1 boat with people Forgot across lake photo

Extreme heat over the weekend. Briefly rained yesterday. The water level is 3-4 inches lower than previous observations.
A pair of red-necked grebes, red-winged blackbirds, common grackle, mallard duck, some sort of mussel (not sure if zebra mussel as it was hard to see markings), some sort of small fish (do not know what kind, but they were 2-3 inches long. Likely a type
Possible zebra mussels. Hard to see through water but can be possibly seen in the gasoline photo.
Water level lower than normal. Visible garbage on the lake floor. Idling boat leaking fuel into water.

Canada Goose
Osprey
Bald Eagle earlier today

Summit Lake
Last week saw lots of rain but the past 3 days have been all sunshine! Finally our first heat wave of the Summer! Much later than usual. This has meant a HIGH amount of runoff from the late snow pack up top melting.
Many blue damselflies
Tadpoles noted in the water
At lest 4 different bird calls observed
Family of 4 loons on the far side of the lake! 2 loonlings.
Fish jumping, unable to observe species
A new dock has been added beside one of the smaller ones I do my sampling from. Even though the camp ground here has filled significantly, the water cleanliness is looking wonderful, no noted pollution/garbage!
The lake temperature hasn't risen as much as I though it would have after 4 very warm days. I'm guessing just the addition of so much snow melt runoff from the warm stretch is keeping it chilly for now.

McLean Ponds
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
Cedar Waxwing
Savannah Sparrow
Mallard Ducks
Bumblebees
Common Garter Snake
White Crowned Sparrow
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Lots of pollen still. Hot and sunny, kayakers and canoers

Crag Lake
Lake water level is dropping slightly, thunderstorm happening at east side of the lake, still quite a bit of polling on lake surface

McLean Ponds
Canadian Beavers
American Bullfrog
American Robin
Red-breasted Sapsucker
White-Crowned Sparrow
Pacific Forktail
Cedar Waxwing
Pond Skimmer
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Lake Superior

Lake Superior
mallard female with ducklings ... common goldeneye female with duckling ... tree sparrows
water was clean with some fish lures that can be seen at the bottom

Fish Lake
Major rain in the last 2 days.
Lake level is very high these days.
Ice went off recently, in the week of June 13th
Lots of yellow pollen, from spruce tree, at surface of lake water

Wood Lake
Algae seems to have diminished. Moreover, the lake country district has issued a swim warning due to algae. There is a significant amount of pollen of the surface of the water.

Mud Lake
12 days precipitation, many streams at or above full pool.
MALL (males molting(, RWBB, AMGO, AMCO (2 adults, one baby), swallows, MOBL
Red Meadowhawks in a ratio of 10 to one Black Green Darner, Damselflies (one species Northern Bluet), White-bowed Smoorhwing, Waterstrider, Water Beetle
Russian Rye (previously planted as weed/erosion control and now spreading), Thistles, Dalmation Toadflax, Reed Canary Grass
Concern about visible mountain bike trail expanding on hillside.

Kalamalka Lake
12 days of precipitation with localized flooding. Env CDN Hydrometric level at 11:25 am 5.713 m.
My site just 45m from outflow of Coldstream Creek.
Gull (sp?), MALL, COME (one male flying over), Mayflies, unknown insect
Only one active motor boat, 10 paddle boards, foam on beachline likelt ftom inflatables. Absence of aquatic insects. Even families noting absence if songbirds.

heavy rains for half hour or so June 26 evening
canada goose, many cormorants, swan with signets, duck with ducklings, seagulls, cardinals, chicadees
water was about 0.4 meters lower at shoreline with much algae on rock-lined shore.

Warm weather. Lake has just passed highest water for the year so far.
Seasonal high water. Some floating debris and minor turbidity

Clearwater Lake
I don’t think this thermometer works right. The water is freezing!

Thetis Lake
Hot weather warning today and past two days.
Bald eagle
Fish with blue-edged fins
Bullfrog tadpoles
Damselfly
I did not observe bullfrog tadpoles in this part of the lake in previous years. Apologies for the reflection on the water colour photo; it was too bright at the time I attempted to check the photo.

Bull frog
Green frog
Loon
Little Brown Bat
Northern Myotis
Two loons racing/chasing on the water in the bay. Bat echo meter used to identify bat species.

6 Mile Lakes
Very warm and sunny for the past several days. Heavy rain the week before.

Moyie Lake
This was the first really "hot" day. Lots of pollen on the surface of the water

Mud Lake
Eastern Chipmunk
Grey Squirrel
Bighead Minnow
Eastern Painted Turtle
Green Frog
Dragonfly spp.
American Redstart
Raven
Wood Duck
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Canada Goose
Red-Winged Blackbird

Cottonwood Lake
New toilets completed. Access pathway construction continues. Water Color photo unavailable, but Color continues to be clear. .

Charlie Lake
Rain event prior to May 29th test - about 50 mm of rain May 27 and 28

Charlie Lake
Rain prior to June 12 test - about 20 mm June 10

Charlie Lake
Thunderstorm 2 hours prior with light rain during sampling
Some pollen on the surface of the water near shore

Thunderstorm tried to come in from the east but shuffled to the north.

Yellow Flag Iris, Cutleaf evergreen blackberry, himalayan blackberry,
The oil kind of spill looks less during dry weather. Higher acidity near the spill and higher alkalinity on the spill site water compared to the area under thedock

Foam On shore line and lots of plastic floating on shore line

Little wild life Lake and shore Foam and lots on plastic on shore and in lake

Herin, Canadian geese, duck, catfish, bald eagle, common garter snake, pigeon, bullfrog,

Huron
Low water generally, with seiches common

Lac Saint-Germain

Inconsisten water levels. Not only yearly, each visit.

Grackles
Mallard ducks
Wood ducks
Seagulls

Mirror Lake

Various songbirds, few fish jumping not sure species, eagle, canada geese

Lac Beauchamp

Muskrat Lake
Blue green algae was detected on July 4th but no longer visible.

Various grasses
Scotch broom
Common knapweed centaurea maculatum

Walloper Lake
Rainbow trout
Loon - 2 breeding pairs
Crows
Red-winged blackbird
Bald Eagle
Western toad

There’s evidence of turtles, beaver, muskrat and mink but not sited during data collection
Same for heron, osprey, seagulls, vultures, ducks, loons, carp

Snapping turtle, fish, spotted sandpiper, American robin
There is algae on the rocks but it is the usual dark computed kind.

Jordan-harbour

Lake Superior
It has been very warm the last couple of days
discardes fishing net looking object starting to be covered in lake vegetation as well as several large fishing hooks

6 Mile Lake
Beaver, rainbow trout, brown trout, duck
Common tansy, orange hawkweed, yellow hawkweed

Minnows perch mallard ducks sea gulls Canada Geese

Mississippi Lake

The wearher has been unseasonablly wet and that past 2 days have had mostly rain. Today has been light rain and wind with parly sunny times
Can gear and see in the distance many birds today, not close ebough for identification.
Not at my tesring site but black and gruzzly vears in lake location noted this week.
Spinf runoff has raided the lake water level since last obeversation

There was a large thunder storm last night and has been very rainy all week. Warming up today but still generally following the cold trend we are seeing this year.
Tadpoles
Ducks
Minnow
Dragonflies
Common Garter Snake - Swimming in the water, some children caught it in their net and moved it to a sunny patch on the shore
Possible Eurasian Milfoil. Hard to identify through the water
The campground is completely full, the lake has much higher amount of recreation now
The water level seems to have dropped based on exposed shoreline in comparison to last testing day

Kennedy Lake
Bass, sunfish, common loon, painted turtle

Prospect Lake

Wascana Lake

Wascana Lake
Mallards
Cedar Waxwings
Red Wing Blackbird

Blue jays. Chip munks, robins, sea gulls, cormorants, loons.
Found this guy in the lake. Never seen one before

Ellison Lake

Cariboo Lake
Lake has gone down about a foot but still high for this time of year

Lac La Biche

Fishing boats being directly loaded into water. No usable cement boat launch.

Puntzi Lake
Very unsettled weather - rain, cloud, thunder
Loon, pelicans, kokanee, rainbow trout, pikeminnows

On the third day of sunshine, before this was intermittent rain.
Lake is clearing up fast. Visibility 2 meters.

Dickson Dam

Kootenay River
The waterlevel is considerably higher, therefire the shoreline has changed a lot since my last data collection. This is due to the damn. I couldnt take tge temperature at the same spot and had to use a stick to put the thermometer above 1m deep. . n

Red squirrel
Bull frog
Garter snake
Common loon
Red-eyed vireo
Black-throated blue warbler
Winter wren
American robin
Blue-headed vireo
Magnolia warbler
Blue jay
American crow
Black capped chickadee
Red-breasted nuthatch

Williamson Lake
Lake currently is experiencing a large algae bloom

Clearwater Lake
Windy, there was thunder/lightning storms last couple days

Go Home Lake
Sunfish, bass, northern pike, robins, blue jays, snapping turtle, chipmunks

Okanagan
High (summer) levels of human waterfront activities

Lake Nosbonsing
The water level has gone down by approx. 1 foot. It would not let me include photos.

Aperture Lake
Red headed duck and ducklings
Cow bird
turtle
I had to change position as the normal spot was very shallow and in full sun. Position two was a little further along in the shade.

We have had a wet spring/summer but the sun came out July 10 and is threatening to shine hard all week.
3 teal green sparrows, 2 eagles and a raven.
9 paddle boards and about 60 swimmers/sun bathers. This is a small lake and has to work hard to accommodate all the people it hosts on a hot Sunday
Sorry but I forgot to take lake shore photos on this trip.

Upper Rideau Lake
Bass, grackle, zebra mussels, blackbird
Snail (type unknown)
Lake appears healthy, water levels are high for this time of year.

Minnows, small trout.
Many unidentified bird calls.
All-access pathway construction continues with good care not to impact lake as far as I can tell.

Crag Lake
Long Heatwave broke yesterday, very windy today

Spurr Lake

Round leaved sundew growing at waters edge

Thetis Lake
Kingfisher
Vulture
Spotted Towhee
Fish with blue fons

Red-winged blackbirds, mallard ducks, Canada geese
Lots of boats parked along shore, 2 boats moored where sampling normally occurs, so sample taken a few metres away from preferred spot. Some gas leakage in water from idling boats. Water levels returned to normal compared to last sampling weekend.

Cutleaf evergreen blackberry, yellow flag iris, himalayan blackberry
Seeping oil type of pollution on the rightshoreline from the dock

American Robin, Blue Heron, Tree and Barn Swallows, Swainson's Thrush
Bullfrogs
Yellow lily no longer blooming so difficult to estimate spread. Water lily is very well established.

Nancy Greene Lake
Ground squirrel, beaver or muskrat, Canada goose

Killenbeck Lake
Loon, Eastern Phoebe, leopard frogs, black rat snake, sunfish, chickadee, robin

Head Lake
No Major weather events but we do have springs coming out along shoreline which may moderate water temperature a bit. The lake was alittle wavy but lake colour is always slightly tannic but was clear today.
Pumpkin seed fish are still guarding their nests
Elliptio mussel
Common Loon pair

Lake of Two Mountains
Common tern, mussels, wood ducks, turtle eggs

Water level down 11 inches from last data collection

Okanagan

Brewer Pond
Fish spp.
Amber snail
Eastern Painted Turtle
Green Frog
Red-Winged Blackbird
Warbling Vireo
Wood Duck
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Tree Swallow
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Dragonfly spp.
Damselfly spp.
Dogwood leaf beetle

Brewer Pond
Narrow-Winged Damselfly
Least Skipper
White Cabbage Butterfly
Firefly
Green Frog
American Bullfrog
Red-Winged Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Tree Swallow
Double-Crested Cormorant
Northern Cardinal
Ring-Billed Gull

Brewer Pond
Dragonfly spp.
Damselfly spp.
Flower Weevil
Geranium Plume Moth
Calligrapher Fly
Spotted Pink Ladybeetle
Asian Ladybeetle (larva)
Cabbage White Butterfly
Warbling Vireo
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal
Nor
Large mats of algae, including spyrogyra.

Big Lake

Had rained all morning and now warm and sunny with clouds.

Close to a marina. Also industrial activity very close by.

Henderson Lake

Henderson Lake
Crayfish, ducks ( 3 types), geese, terns, red wing black birds, grackles, starlings, lots of dogs

Munroe Lake

Aperture Lake
Redhead duck, coot, matins, blackbird, cowbird, mallard, blackwhite duck, godeln eye, magpies

Muskrat, sunfish, American bullfrog (adult and over wintered tadpoles) green frog red winged blackbird, turkey vulture, dragonfly spp. whirligig beetles, ladybeetle

Bighead Minnow
Snapping Turtle
Green Frog (froglet stage)
Canada Goose (ID’d by sound)
Yellow Warbler (ID’d by sound)
American Redstart (ID’d by sound)

Lake level rising as per normal predictions of spring runoff from Fortis BC (dam controlled lake)

Okanagan Lake
Canada Goose (flying overhead), Mallards (flying ovwrhead)

Monroe Lake

Kioshkowi Lake
Electrical storm 12 hours agao. Major wind on lake for Temperature 21 C at outside cottage in shade.

Red winged black bird
Sparrow
Mallard M&F
Magpies
Black bird (cowbird?)
Geese

Common merganzer, Red necked grebe,
Ring biled gull, herring gull
loon

This is a test submission - lots fo rain these days here, native plants like but the invasive (IE Humans) don't!
1 Otter - 2 eagles - 6 dogs most well behaved - 4 fishers on the dock and 3 on beaches

Malard ducks, various song birds, dragonflies,

Loon
Mallad ducks
Rainbow trout
Red-naped Sapsucker
Western toad
Linaria genistifolia dalmatica - Dalmatian Toadflax
Tragopogon dubius - Goatsbeard (Salsify)
Hordeum jubatum - Foxtail Barley
Leucanthemum vulgare - Oxeye Daisy

Long Lake
The lake is very busy with swimmers and paddlers. Volunteer Association is no longer providing garbage cans in the park.

Mississippi Lake
Ducks, muskrat, small water snake, red throated humming bird, beaver, bull frog, owl (heard owl)

Dragonfly, robin, hummingbird, small fish, chipmunk, dock spider
Wind is blowing too hard for me to use bird ID app

I am having an issue accurately locating my test site on app whixh is same each time

Windy today, water level has gone down, if possible I will include a photo to show this
Water level has gone down significantly, The program would not let me include wildlife pictures

Extreme heat, no rain has caused water level to drop to about what is normally seen in mid-August

orange hawkweed - picture submitted last week -spread same

Summer finally came! We have had hot hot weather and there's more to come. Today is a bit windy which is nice, otherwise sunshine and light cloud.
Waxwing
Dragonfly
Unknown Fish
Western Toad Tadpoles
Invertebrate Molt
Mollusk Shell
Eurasian Milfoil - I believe now that this IS milfoil in the lake
The water in the lake is much lower, so much so that I moved to a different dock for deeper water. Higher lake usage has resulted in a bit more (still minimal) pollution (garbage and boat presence) in and around the lake.

Unable to load pictures this time. They were taken on a different device and shared however I cannot get them to load.

Fairy Lake

Paul lake

Eastern Gartersnake
American Toad
Minnows
Heron

Wascana Marsh
Song sparrow, cedar waxwing, red wing blackbird, yellow warbler, mallards, snail,
Type of miss and green plant growing in water - species unknown
Water level higher due to heavy rains last week

Lake surface appears murky due to pollen

Heat warning in effect for the next few days - up to today it’s been seasonable
Unless you consider humans invasive! A few hundred in, at and around the lake today
Lots of people but the lake seems to be well attended by CRD staff to keep it safe and clean (kudos!)

Bullfrog, American Robin, Wren (sp?), Song Sparrow, Tree and Barn Swallows, Pigeons, Swainson's Thrush, Canada Geese

Have been under a heat warning all week. Heat warning ended at night on July 24, 2022. Thunderstorm and rain in the area on the evening of July 24, 2022
Mallard ducks or American Black Ducks (too far to clearly identify); some sort of mollusks (unable to determine type); some small fish
Water level was very low despite receiving rain last night. At least 6 inches shallower than usual. Water was also extremely clear. Lots of litter on shoreline consisting of cans, bottles and cigarette butts.

Prospect Lake
pumpkinseed sunfish
european wall lizard
gulls, canada geese, red tail hawk, turkey vultures

A number of swallow rail butterflies and dragonflies

Lower Arrow Lake
(Trifolium arvense) - hare's foot clover

Black squirrels, chipmunks, sunfish, leopard frog, loon, Canada Geese, vulture,

Lazy Lake

Nottawasaga bay

It has been very hot temperatures / heat wave
Tons of millfoil, can be seen in the water color photo and extra picrues below. It is present in all directions around the dock I'm standing on

Go Home Lake

Close to industrial activity. Bad smell.

Intense thunderstorm 4-5pm yesterday. Heavy rain - first significant rain in a month. Water level very low in lake.

Carp and large school of little fis 1" - 3"

Mallard ducks, Northwestern Crow, fish, Canada geese
Cutleaf evergreen blackberry, yellow flag iris, himalayan blackberry

Heat warning last week - weather hot and sunny but no warning this week
Lots of wasps by the beach - should 'Insects' be an option in the Wildlife Present list?
The most people I've seen at the lake today - over 1000
Although this lake is heavily used on hot days the CRD is doing a great job at managing it - there is often a presence of staff and amenities are constantly being maintained and improved - most recently a bike rack is installed!

Lake Revelstoke

Pretty big thunderstorms and downpours about 48 hours ago
Sea gulls, hummingbirds, blue jay, chipmunk

Brief heavy rain and thunder storm last night

Brief heavy rain and thunderstorm last night

White Lake
I take the temperature at the control dam in white lake where the water exits via the waba creek.There was heavy rain this week yet the level has went down 4inches in the lake maybe someone let water out by removing control beams.

plastic items, diapers and wetwipes left on the beach

The amount of garbage online the shoreline is Disturbing

Thunder and lightning with rain yesterday morning
Lake is continuing to go down from high water mark

Water level has been going down in the last few weeks. Noticed a shine on the shore, it is from minerals (shine breaks down in straigh lines), not from oil (shine would create swirls)

Wendigo Lake
Heavy rain in weeks leading up to sample.
Lots of rain, water level hasn't dropped as much as it has in previous years at this time

Mississippi lake

Mallard, perch,salamander, hummingbird, squirrels ( red and black), chipmunks, ravens, nuthatch, deer, raccoons, groundhogs, geese, my sample location is at my residence, that is why I include what I see around the house.
The water level keeps going down. It has gone down 1 foot since spring.

Okanagan
Thunderstorms with limited rain, last two nights

Kennedy Lake

Thunder storms with intermittent heavy rain for past 3 days.
Squirrel
Western Toad
Freshwater snails (spp. unknown)
Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Salsify - Tragopogon dubius
Dalmatian Toadflax
Foxtail Barley - Hordeum jubatum
Chicory - Cichorium intybus
Spotted Knapweed - Centaurea stoebe
Canada Thistle - Cirsium arvense

Spring Creek

black capped turns, seagulls, canada goose, mallards, osprey, gar fish

Common Loon, dock spider, sunfish, hummingbird, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, leopard frogs, spring peeper, swallowtail butterflies

A few mallard ducks and minnows in the lake

Marron Lake
Keremeos Creek wildfire starts on July 27, 2022
A lot of dragon fly, more then usual compare to last year

steady rain during the day with thundershowers during the previous evening
Dissolved Oxygen (0.3m) 5.8 mg/L, pH 8, alkalinity 80 ppm

Thunderstorm with heavy rainfall last evening

Anderson Lake

Paul lake
Last 2 days have had evening rain storms

We’ve had 2 extended periods of 3-4 days of extreme heat warnings since the last recorded measurements

Garbage has been accumulating over the summer

I wasn't able to do the collection on monday i'm a day late.

Ellison Lake
School of young fish, only about an inch or two long, maybe yellow perch?

Blue Heron, Canada Geese, Tree Swallows, Pigeons (Rock Dove)
Very little bird song (breeding season all done!). The rowing area has been recently groomed to reduce water lily spread.

Beavers have eaten lots of aspen saplings, built a house just past subdivision

Bald Eagle
Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Belted Kingfisher
Dragonflies
Small fish
Lowe Theatis Lake is posted to have toxic blue-green algae. I saw no evidence of it at this sampling site.

Sunny and warm. There was a heat warning in place in the previous week
Red-necked grebes (mates and a grebelet), American black ducks, Black Squirrel (on the shoreline in trees), small fish (possibly a type of darter), molluscs (possibly zebra mussels)
Boat launch was surprisingly quiet. Not many boaters present. Some people fishing on other side of shore. Water level was very low. Water is typically above lower tire on attached image.

sunfish, gulls, turkey vultures, red tail hawk

Geese swans muskrat heron swallows crows

Crows - 2
Red squirrel
Gulls - 4
Minnows

Minnow sp.
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Kingbird
Black-capped Chickadee
Grey Catbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
American Redstart
American Crow
Canada Goose

saw two very small European Wall Lizards
The few clouds were enough to reduce the human population to a around 100

EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL (In the lake but not at the sampling site)
Blue/Green algal growth spotted in the lake but not at the sampling site

Tons of hummingbirds, blue jays and a mink
Very dirty water after heavy rain. Some beaches closed

Stake lake

Loon, crow, various songbirds, squirrel, dragonflies

Rabbit. There are apparently a few on this island. We have one that’s been hanging around for months.

plastic items on shore. Numerous dogs unleashed resulting in no nesting birds or mammals.

Electrical storm last night with some rain.
Minimal garbage (as usual) in the fire pits. Nothing too much - a couple of old cans, etc in lake near dock.

Rain storm with thunder last night. Heavy rain. Windy and colder today.

Fish lake

Lots of rain in the last week. Colder nights. Water temp. Dropped. Sunny today, rain again next week.
Bull frogs, green tree frogs
chickadees, nuthatch, humming bird, woodpeckers, etc.
Garden snakes
Loons, parents and offspring
Monarch butterflies
Bees
Some erosion, so many owners have hardening of shore

Yesterday cloudy, last week rainy and cold
Dock spider, hummingbirds, fishes: bass, perch, American staffordshire terrier, neighbours shelties, gulls, bumblebees

Stormy yesterday with high winds
Overnight temp 8 degrees C

The lake has been reported as having blue green algae (Aug19) on the province’s list; however we have not seen evidence of this down the NW end of the lake when out on paddleboards

Thunderstorm yesterday and the night before

Paul Lake
The last 2 days have been stormy, cool, heavy rain and wind

Water level dropped again, aspens have been heavily fed on by beavers, 4 in total now

More garbage in the park and shoreline than previously

Mallards, American Goldfinch, Grey catbird, water bugs

Thunder storms predicted in next few hours. Was hot earlier in the day (30)
Sunfish, hummingbirds, black-capped chickadee, downy and hairy woodpeckers, nuthatch, leopard frogs, black squirrel

Night time temperatures have dropped to 8 C
Water striders, damsel flies, Western Toadlets & Western Toad tadpoles, Mourning Cloak Buttetfly , one other unidentified buttetfly.

lake water level down about 2 inches from Aug 12

Extremely hot and humid. Thunderstorm warnings over the weekend and for the upcoming week.
Mallard Ducks, Canada Goose, American Mink
Hot temperatures has resulted in very low water levels at test site. The "Low Water Level" photo shows two rows of exposed boards at site that are usually below the water line.
Boats at launch travel too fast near shore, creating wake. Litter on floor of lake includes shoes, cans, and other bits of plastic.

Cirsium vulgare - Bull thistle
Cirsium arvense - Canada thistle
Cenraurea stoebe - Spotted Knapweed
Chrysanthemum leucantemum - Oxeye daisy

Bald eagle
Common Raven
Turkey Vultures
Purple martins
Spotted towhee
Red-breasted nuthatch
Juvenile bull frogs
Damsel flies

Saw a dead fish floating, 12"-14", algae around shoreline was black!

Himalayan blackberries are crowding out native trailing berries and thimble berries
Vancouver Island has had a long stretch of hot weather and this day was the first light rain (for most of the day). This deterred people from going to the lake: one family; two fishers; and two SUP boarders.

Being a reservoir, the lake level has dropped dramatically in the last month.

Geese mink muskrat beaver ducks swallows turtles heron seagulls

Water even lower than early summer. Algae forming on rocks. Some suds forming but not today(usually come in after waves).

Lac le Jeune

Location of sampling site is 85 Farlain Lake rd. West (not fillable on survey form)

chipmunk
blak-capped chickadee
western toad
rainbow trout
yellow-belllied marmot
flycatcher (Dusky?)
Mallard ducks
Chrysanthemum leucantemum - oxeye daisy
Centaurea stoebe - spotted knapweed
Cirsium arvense - Canada thistle
Cirsium vulgare - bull thistle
Tragopgon dublus - salsify
Chicorium intybus - chicory
Linaria genistifolia - dalmatian toadflax

Long lake

Hurricane Earl is offshore NS. Winds at the sample site are ‘brisk’ from the north.
Black capped chickadee and red-breasted nuthatches. Ruby-throated hummingbirds have left this week for the year.

No major weather events, beautiful warm weather all week.
Trees down for hardening of shoreline (told is due to erosion).

Small frogs (unknown name)
Belted kingfisher bird
Bald eagle

People are noticing dead char floating by. On going last few weeks. Initially was one or two but now people are noticing way more. n

Warmer than normal weather and very little rain in past two weeks
Blue green algae was reported in the lake as of Aug 19; however we have not seen evidence of it in our area of the lake

Very hazy from local fire activity. No actual clouds…

There was no cloud but the smoke from the fires south of us has blown in so weather should read 'sunny/smoky'
Holly
Black Berries (Himalayan)
Scotch Broom
There was heavy smoke in the air. As a result few people were at the lake today.

It was supposed to rain but hasn’t. Looked stormy yesterday. May storm today or tomorrow.
Dock spider! Cottage dog, hummingbirds, gulls
Leaves are starting to change. Water levels have gone down.

Heavy forest fire smoke.
Cooler night time temps.
Loon- heard the call, observed, too far away for photo.

Weather in the last 24 - 48 hours: Cloudy, some sunny periods, periods of rain
2 smallmouth bass (8-10 inches)
1 tiny fish, probably bass
tadpoles galore (we think)
garter snake
6 western painted turtle
bumble bees at the Yellow Flag Iris
dragonfly
Birds: Common raven, Turkey Vulture, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, C
Chlorine.: 0.25 ppm pH: 7.65 Alkalinity: 40 ppm

High temperatures over the past week. Rained earlier in the day
Gulls, mallard ducks, Unknown mussels (possibly zebra mussels), unknown small fish
Boat launch quieter compared to summer sampling. Water level remains lower that sampling earlier in the blitz, even though it rained today.

Common Eastern Bumblebee
Damselfly spp.
Dragonfly sp.
Dotted Whiteface Dragonfly
Wasp sp.
Caddisfly sp.
Cicada sp.
Hoverfly sp.
Ladybeetle sp. (larva)
Ring-billed Gull
Black-crowned Night Heron
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-eyed Vi

No weather events. Wildfire smoke in area.
Stellar Jay, pond skaters, dragon flies, blue heron, minnows, squirrels.
As usual, minimal daily garbage in fire pits. Observation delayed by a day as out of town.

Yes
Severe thunderstorms and measurable rain.

Red-breasted nuthatch
Duck spp. in flight
Bullfrog tadpole

Water level down approx 3 feet from the Spring

Dramatically fluctuating temperatures from 5c to 25c

Big thunderstorms this morning it’s past now
Bad smell furness on rocks Disturbing the amount of garbage on the Shoreline

lake very low this time of year (reservoir)

Pacific Forktail
Sparrow (sp.)

Canada geese
mallard ducks
other ducks
coot

Amber snail
Monarch Butterfly (incl. caterpillars)
Pink-spotted Ladybeetle
Snail-killing Fly
Red Soldier Beetle
Cabbage White Butterfly
Two-horned Hopper
Grasshopper sp.
Bee spp.
Banded Killifish
Green frog (incl. froglets)
Eastern Painted Turtle
Song Sp
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Flowering Rush
Japanese Beetle

Bumblebee sp.
Wasp sp.
Cicada sp.
Damselfly sp.
Killifish
Red-eyed Vireo
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow Warbler
Black-crowned Night Heron
Grey Catbird
Eastern Wood Pewee

I hear moose calling, see dock spider, minnows, sunfish, bass, snapping turtle
My thermometer isn’t working. Reading are based on uncollaborated thermometer readings. Need new one for next year.

Two parents and seven year old goslings
Seagulls

Baby snapping turtles, found 4 on the sidewalk, carefully brought them to the water.
Hardening of shoreline, more cottages/houses doing this.

Milfoil - not sure if that's invasive or native.

Canada geese
Mallard ducks
Gull

Hurricane/Tropical storm Fiona - significant rain and wind

Hurricane Fiona was here the night of Sept. 23
Thanks for a great summer of lake monitoring. This project has given me even more pride in my local lake 😊

Ducks on lake, songbirds in shore trees - can't see to name

crow
loon
Northern flicker
Bull thistle - Cirsium vulgare
Canada thistle - Cirsium arvense

Continuous blue skies. We are looking for some rain soon.
Red Painted Turtles (look closely on the picture of the log and you will see them)
So many dragon flies
Raven (3)
A young boy showed me a rainbow trout that he had caught just before I arrived.

Lake water level is going down but still much higher than in previous years for that time of year

Water level way down…18 Inches deep at best

seagull, duck but not sure what kind it was, maybe a cormorant.

Continuing work on adaptive pathway construction.

Water Striders; Painted Lady Butterfly; Damsel Flies; Ducks ( flew in and landed, too far for i.d.).

Cricket sp.
American Goldfinch
American Crow
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Flowering Rush
Purple Loosestrife

Mallards, Canada Goose, Squirrel, Robin, crickets

Mallard ducks, various gulls, double-crested cormorant

Rabbit, great Blue Heron, chickadees, blue Jay, downy woodpecker, crows, sunfish

Damselfly sp.
Dragonfly sp.
Monarch Butterfly
Cabbage White Butterfly
Fish sp.
American Goldfinch
Swallow sp.
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Flowering Rush
Purple Loosestrife

Cricket sp.
Bumblebee spp.
Asian Ladybeetle
Cicada sp.
Killifish sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Muskrat
Purple Loosestrife

Ellison Lake
Green along shoreline, unsure as to what it is, please refer to photograph

Zebra mussels
Unsure of the fish names
Canada Geese
Unidentified birds

Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch

Grasshopper sp.
Dragonfly sp.
Damselfly sp.
Yellowjacket
Killifish sp.

Muscoid Fly sp.
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Leopard Frog
American Crow
Blue Jay
Warbling Vireo
Eastern Phoebe

Grey Catbird
Black Duck
Wild Turkey
Black-capped Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco

water level down a foot from when i started

Mississippi lake
Windy and cool, can feel ‘autumn’ is now here.

Calm sunny weather for approx 5 days. Unusually warm weather for this time of year.
Dead reddish Kokanee or trout in shallow water in front of beach.

Bullfrogs
Common Raven
Spotted Towhee

American crow
Black capped chickadee
Blue Jay
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White breasted nuthatch
Red breasted nuthatch

Durrance
Abnormally hot and dry - feels like August

Crazy windstorm after unseasonably warm fall

Finally some rain coming! Precip coming from the north.

Echo Lake

Echo Lake
Muskrat, seagulls, Canada goose, unknown bird, minnows

Western toad
Stellar's jay
Bufflehead duck
Mallard duck
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Mission Lake

Pair of mallard ducks
Fish jumped - unknown kind

white lake

Bouleau

red squirrel
rainbow trout
whiskey jack (gray jay)
tundra swans
crow
Dead trout. Fisheries aerator in operation.

No changes except beautiful fall colours.

St Mary Lake

St. Mary Lake

Six Mile Lake
Thermometer is reading too warm by approximately 2-3c

Six Mile Lake
Thermometer is reading approximately 2-3c too warm

Six Mile Lake
thermometer is reading approximately 2-3c too warm

lake level is rising and water is very transparent

school of small fish 1-2" long were seen, lake level low

St. Mary