Bishops Mills Natural History Centre surveys of the Tay
River, EOBase Narrative filtered by
RTOD(ACOS(COS(DTOR(LATITUDE-44.82386))*COS(DTOR(LONGITUDE-
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$LOCATION.AND.DIST#"LEED".AND. .NOT."Mississippi"$LOCATION
13 October 1995
1) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay River at Port
Elmsley. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE17 114 712 44.89071N 76.12162W. TIME:
1202-1253. AIR TEMP: 21.9, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: rocky river flowing
into impounded canal. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 95/140/,
datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history, . This visit was
for OMNR unionid survey. . DATASHEET SUMMARY: Shore ownership seems to
be private. The locality is based on topo map. The recorded time was
Eastern Daylight. The diel period was midday. The sky was completely
clear. The wind was strong breeze. Weather for the past 48 hr was
unseasonably warm seasonally normal moisture. The site was in/on
valley plain. Upland substrate was not exposed where it's not fill.
Soil moisture was moist. The terrestrial vegetation was parkland
deciduous. DOMINANT SPECIES: Ulmus (Elm) > Tilia, and
lawns. Human impact on the site included village 150 yr canal system.
Site wetlands were fringing marsh. Development stage of Typha
glauca, was dry seedheads was dry seedheads bursting leaf tips dying
leaf tips dry. Water at the site was permanent natural previously
canalized river. Water level was high, and receding. The bottom was
bedrock boulders. Water quality was very clear. Spaces under rocks
were clear of sediment. Water movement was fast. WIDTH: 20-40 m
LENGTH SAMPLED: 150 m MAX. DEPTH: 1 m DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-1 m. Water
temperature 16 C, at 10 cm depth, in main flow. Dominant aquatic
plants were submerged grainy algal scum on rocks. Capture was by hand.
Cover checked included flat rocks. I waded through the creek for ca
150 m downstream of the bridge, and found an astonishing lack of
unionids. NO:crayfish and NO:Dreissena, but isopods under many rocks,
as if the stream is closed off at times.
2) (same location) TIME: 1202-1253. EOBM(MOLL)00644, 95/140/b,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 8 adult,
shell, specimen. 65 & 68 mm taken alive, on & under rock, others very
corroded.
3) (same location) TIME: 1202-1253. 95/140/c, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). several juvenile, seen. along shore, small.
4) (same location) TIME: 1202-1253. 95/140/d, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). several juvenile, larva, seen. 2 juvs, 1 tadpole, 2
large ads probably this species.
5) (same location) TIME: 1202-1253. 95/140/e, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen. large ad on
bedrock/marshy shore.
moved 3.8 km SSW.
6) North Elmsley: Rideau R@Rideau Ferry Conservation Area. UTM
18TVE 103.2 675.8 44.85791N 76.13469W. TIME: 1302-1430. AIR TEMP:
23.7, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: stepped limestone lawnpark shore of canal
lake. 95/141/-, datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history,
wade. This visit was for OMNR unionid survey & lunch. DATASHEET
SUMMARY: Land ownership municipal/agency (Rideau Valley Conservation
Authority Conservation Area), original location [UTM 18 TVE 091 657
44.84091 N 76.14976 W] determined from topo map [corrected from GPS, May
2008. The original location was on the SW side of the lake, evidently
mis-read from the topo map]. The recorded time was Eastern Daylight.
The diel period was midday/midafternoon. The sky was clear with
bright sun. There was no precipitation. The wind was strong breeze.
Weather for the past 48 hr was unseasonably warm seasonally normal
moisture.
The site was a low stepped escarpment into the canal lake. One 2 m step
is above the beach decorated with a sparse fern flora. A 60-80 cm step
is just at or below waterlevel, and the area above it is dried out, with
many snails dying, by a recent drawdown of only ca 20 cm. Below this
the water is ca 1 m deep, alternately the bedrock, marly muck, and the
sand fill used to make the Conservation Area bathing beach.
Bedrock is limestone. Upland substrate was bedrock & sand. Soil
moisture was moist. The terrestrial vegetation was parkland (10%
wooded). DOMINANT SPECIES: Salix (Willow), Ulmus (Elm),
lawn. Human impact on the site included cottage residences &
lawnpark/boatlaunch recreation on 150 yr canal. Site wetlands were
fringing marsh. Water at the site was permanent canal river/lake.
Water level was low. The bottom was bedrock boulders marlly mud.
Water quality was very clear. Water movement was still with
ripple/waves DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-1 m. Water temperature 17.8 C, at 15 cm
depth, in ripple surf. Dominant aquatic plants were a sparse,
interesting-looking, mixture of submerged narrow Mryiophyllum,
wavy Potamogeton (Pondweed), and other species. Capture was by
hand & drift.
7) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. HABITAT: 2 m limestone scarp in
canalside lawnpark. 95/141/a, Polypodium (not listed) (Plant).
present herb, seen. scattered on scarp face.
LIST:
Cystopteris,
Drypoteris,
Sedum
acre (Mossy Stonecrop), dominant species here.
8) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. HABITAT: stepped limestone lawnpark
shore of canal lake. 95/141/b, Rana clamitans (Green Frog)
(herp). ca 4 juvenile, seen. on limestone flats. Many fewer than
Rana pipiens.
9) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. 95/141/c, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). many juvenile, seen. on limestone flats &
lawn.
10) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. *, 95/141/d, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). many shell, adult,
specimen. many alive, many shells on exposed limestone flat, largest 41
mm. Sample includes other snails.
11) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. EOBM(MOLL)02958, 95/141/de,
Valvata tricarinata (Three-keeled Valve Snail) (Mollusca). 1
shell, captured, shell. . Label text: INSIDE LABEL: "95/141/d-e FWS
Rideau Ferry Conservation Area
Valvata tricarinata"
12) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. EOBM(MOLL)02849, 95/141/dg,
Stagnicola cf artica (not listed) (Mollusca). 16 shell, specimen.
many alive, many shells on exposed limestone flat, largest 41 mm. Label
text: INSIDE LABEL: "95/141/d-g FWS
Rideau Ferry Conservation Area.
Stagnicola cf artica ['elodes' scratched out]"
13) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. EOBM(MOLL)00467, 95/141/f,
Pyganodon cf cataracta (Eastern Floater) (Mollusca). 14 shell,
adult, specimen. 2 juvs on limestone flat, ads in deeper water(1 m),
largest 105 mm. Many of the shells from deeper water crusted with limy
deposits. Beak sculpture double-looped, beaks anterior.
14) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. EOBM(MOLL)00536 a, 95/141/g,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 12 shell,
adult, specimen. esp. at margin of sand fill where invaded with plants,
largest 82 mm. Many of these are small.
15) (same location) TIME: 1302-1430. 95/141/h, Lampsilis radiata
SUBSPECIES:siliquoidea (not listed) (Mollusca). 1 adult, specimen.
shiny shell, pink nacre, 84.5 mm, beak obscured by lime. Very typical
Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea (FWG).
Specimen 'removed for diplay' at EOBM, ca 1999.
16) (same location) TIME: 1501. AIR TEMP: 23.7, sunny, breezy. 95/141/e,
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, AOR.
medium size, on entrance road.
moved 5.9 km WNW.
17) North Elmsley: Jebbs Crk/Co Road 1. UTM 18TVE06 47 695
44.87454N 76.20613W. TIME: 1530-1607. AIR TEMP: 24.2, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: peaty lake-outlet, Typha-Lythrum marsh, deciduous forest.
95/142/, datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history, wade.
This visit was for OMNR unionid survey. DATASHEET SUMMARY: Land
ownership is highway right-of-way & private. The locality is based on
topo map. The recorded time was Eastern Daylight. The diel period
was mid-cooling afternoon. The sky was completely clear. The wind
was strong Beaufort 4-5 Force. Weather for the past 48 hr was
unseasonably warm seasonally normal moisture.
The site was a plain abutting knolly Shield. Bedrock was granite.
Upland substrate was bedrock, but soil not exposed. Soil moisture was
moist. The terrestrial vegetation was forest deciduous. DOMINANT
SPECIES: Beech, Maple, Yellow Birch, Hemlock, etc. Human impact on the
site included scattered residences & road construction 15 yr ago. Site
wetlands were permanent fringing marsh. Dominant wetland plants were:
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife), Typha (Cattail),
Sparganium (Bur-reed). Development stage of Typha
(Cattail) was dry seedheads, some seedheads bursting, leaf tips dying.
Water at the site was permanent natural lake outlet slow creek. Water
level was seasonally normal. The bottom was bedrock boulders gravel
sand muck. Water quality was clear brown. Water movement was slow.
WIDTH: 7-10 m LENGTH SAMPLED: 100 m MAX. DEPTH: 1 m DEPTHS SAMPLED:
0-1 m. Water temperature 16.5 C, at 35 cm depth, in main flow.
Dominant aquatic plants were submerged Potamogeton amplifolium, &
many other species dying back for the autumn. Capture was by hand.
Cover checked included rocks. Road hunting was just around the
bridge.
18) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/b, Castor canadensis
(Beaver) (Mammal). present adult, tracks, scat. much digging, burrows,
feces, but creek not impounded.
19) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/c, Mustela vison
(Mink) (Mammal). 1 adult, dead, seen. maggoty carcase on shore below
bridge, perhaps DOR.
20) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/d, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). present adult, scat. droppings, but
no shell piles.
21) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/e, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. some high-pitched
calling.
22) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/f, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). few juvenile, seen, DOR. along creek & DOR.
23) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/g, Rana catesbeiana
(Bull Frog) (herp). few juvenile, seen, DOR. along creek & DOR.
24) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/h, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). few juvenile, seen, DOR. many DOR, vegetation
popping with juvs.
25) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/i, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. old fragments of
large ad. Also a couple of predator-opened turtle nests, probably
Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle), on the edge of the road.
26) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/j, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. large fresh
crushed ad.
27) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. 95/142/k, Cambaridae
(Crayfish) (Crayfish). 1 adult, found dead, specimen. cheliped on
bottom, none under turned stones.
28) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. EOBM(MOLL)00528, 95/142/l,
Lampsilis cf ovata () (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. old M
valves, larger 128 mm, includes some smaller shells. Wayne Grimm
suggested that these might be Actinonaias.
29) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. EOBM(MOLL)00489, 95/142/m,
Pyganodon grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 1+ mature, grav,
shell, specimen. 120 mm F, sample of glochidia, plus shell fragments.
Sample of glochidia not with shells - August 2005.
30) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. EOBM(MOLL)00533, 95/142/n,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 9 adult,
shell, specimen. 1 alive, 3 fresh, 4 old pairs, 1 valve, largest 93 mm,
1 very inflated.
31) (same location) TIME: 1530-1607. EOBM(MOLL)00304, 95/142/n, cf
Lasmigona compressa (Brook Lasmigona) (Mollusca). 2 adult, shell,
specimen. old pairs, largest 75 mm. These may be Elliptio with
ripply beak sculpture and flattish teeth. - fws Aug 2005.
moved 4.8 km WNW.
32) Perth: Tay River at Perth Golf Club Road. UTM 18TVE07 6 721
44.89738N 76.25854W. TIME: 1630-1700. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, sunset, breezy.
HABITAT: rocky stream through marsh, Elm/Oak golf/urban parkland.
95/139/ca, Rana clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 2 juvenile, seen.
noted.
33) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. 95/139/cb, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). few juvenile, seen. noted.
34) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. 95/139/cc, Rana catesbeiana
(Bull Frog) (herp). 1 mature, seen. very large.
35) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. EOBM(MOLL)00330, 95/139/ce,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 179/abundant
shell, prey of predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. big piles along
banks, old light eroded shells, largest 104.5 mm. Many of these shells
are quite small. The stream here is ca 2 m deep and 30 m wide, through
a Typha/Alnus marsh, and with Elms and Burr Oaks dominating the
golf/urban parkland on either side.
This is just a sample of the Ondatra piles upstream of the
bridge, some of the shells fresh and others quite old.
36) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. EOBM(MOLL)01125, 95/139/cfa, cf
Leptodea ochracea (Delicate Mucket) (Mollusca). 8 shell, prey of
predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. big piles along banks, old light
eroded shells, largest 99.5 mm. Some are so light, and have such
reduced teeth, that they appear to be Leptodea fragilis.
37) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. EOBM(MOLL)00714, 95/139/cfb,
Lampsilis radiata SUBSPECIES:siliquoidea (not listed) (Mollusca).
11 shell, prey of predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. big piles
along banks, small light shells, largest 69 mm. Most have Lampsilis
radiata siliquoidea shape & periostracum.
38) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. EOBM(MOLL)00291, 95/139/cg,
Alasmidonta marginata (Elktoe) (Mollusca). 1 shell, prey of
predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. eroded 95 mm pair, grew very
slowly, ca>40 yrs old. DET_BY:FWS, & FWG, 17 May 2000 - appears in 1995
report as Lasmigona costata (Fluted Shell).
39) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. *, 95/139/ch, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 35 shell, prey of
predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. broken as if bitten by Ondatra,
largest 35 mm.
40) (same location) TIME: 1630-1700. *, 95/139/ci, Campeloma
decisum (Brown Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 3 shell, prey of predator,
Muskrat shell pile, specimen. broken as if bitten by Ondatra, largest 27
mm. These and the Viviparus taken incidently with the unionids.
moved 21.5 km SW.
41) S.Sherbrooke: 1 km NE Althorpe. UTM 18TUE85 844.7 579.3
44.76743N 76.45955W. TIME: 1736. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunset, breezy.
HABITAT: Sugar Maple/Tilia woods, old pastures. 95/139/d, Elaphe
obsoleta (Rat snake) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen, AOR. ca 30 cm TL,
spotted pattern.
moved 5.0 km W.
42) Bolingbroke. 31C, UTM 18TUE75 795 572 44.76004N 76.52216W.
TIME: 1756-1817. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunset, breezy. HABITAT: deciduous
woods, rushing rocky stream below dam. 95/139/e, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. jumping down bank. The only herp
noted in wandering around trying to find unionids here, which proved
impossible due to the high water level and gradient below the dam, which
is on the grounds of a farm.
moved 1.3 km SSE.
43) S end Farrell Lake. UTM 18TUE75 799.1 559.9 44.74922N
76.51670W. TIME: 1823-1840. AIR TEMP: 18 ca, sunset, breezy. HABITAT:
clearwater lake with Chara/sand bottom, cottage beach. *, 95/143,
datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history, wade. This visit
was for OMNR unionid survey. My search for unionids was limited to 1
unoccupied cottage lot by the presence of steely-eyed spectators in the
adjacent lot who doubtless found my wading-about-and-picking-up
inexplicable. I found no great concentrations of shells or animals.
Land ownership is private. The locality is based on topo map & global
positioning. The recorded time was Eastern Daylight. The diel period
was sunset/dusk. The sky was clear. There was no precipitation.
The wind was breeze. Weather for the past 48 hr was unseasonably warm
seasonally normal moisture. The terrestrial vegetation was parkland.
DOMINANT SPECIES: Populus, Thuja.
Human impact on the site included cottage & scattered residences.
Wetlands were represented by fringing Scirpus along lakeshore.
Water at the site was permanent natural lake. Water level was
seasonally normal. The bottom was sand muck marl. Water quality was
clear. Water movement was still. Dominant aquatic plants were
submerged Chara (Stonewort) over black muck. Capture was by
hand.
44) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. 95/143/a, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). 15+ juvenile, seen. along shore, in Scirpus. There
were lots of little frogs I couldn't get a good look at, but none that
seemed not to be this species; the count is the approximate number I got
a good look at.
45) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. 95/143/b, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. sporadic
calling.
46) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. *, 95/143/c, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). abundant shell, dead,
drift, specimen. vast piles of shells on bottom & beach, largest 28.6
mm. Also contains a few Helisoma (Ramshorn Snail).
47) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. 95/143/d, Chara (Stonewort)
(alga). dominant specimen. covers bottom at 1 m depth, over black
muck.
48) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. EOBM(MOLL)00965, 95/143/ea,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3 juvenile,
shell, specimen. 1 small pair, 1 alive, 1 old valve(72 mm).
49) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. EOBM(MOLL)00513, 95/143/eb,
Pyganodon cf cataracta (Eastern Floater) (Mollusca). 6 adult,
shell, specimen. 3 alive, 3 fresh pairs, largest 93.5 mm. Beak
sculpture ripply or chaotic.
One small Lampsilis radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) removed from
sample - Aug 2005.
50) (same location) TIME: 1823-1840. EOBM(MOLL)00544, 95/143/ec,
Lampsilis radiata SUBSPECIES:siliquoidea (not listed) (Mollusca).
8 adult, shell, specimen. 3 pairs, 1 alive, 66 mm, 2 large old pairs,
largest 85 mm, 1 old valve. One small pair removed from Pyganodon
sample, Aug 2005.
16 January 1996
moved 26.7 km NE.
51) : : : Perth, Hwys 43/7. 31C/16, UTM 18T 2 735 44.90986N
76.26428W. TIME: 2209. AIR TEMP: .4, overcast, windy. OBSERVER:
Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler. WAYPT/021,
visit () (event). drive. street wet, not much rain falling.
20 April 1996
moved 11.3 km E.
52) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay River
backwater@Hwy 43, Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N
76.12252W. TIME: 1455. AIR TEMP: 17, raining. HABITAT: Tay River
backwater behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick
W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler, Kate Struthers. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/046/ea, Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp).
index 3 mature, call, heard. WAYPT/015, loud chorus. This is the 1 st
really big chorus of this species we have heard this yr.
53) (same location) TIME: 1455. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/046/eb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 2-3 mature, call, heard.
WAYPT/015, some calling, swamped by P. triseriata.
7 July 1996
moved 15.2 km SW.
54) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Burgess: Murphys Pt Park,
Head Quarters building. UTM 18TVE 24.6 591.2 44.78083N 76.23254W.
TIME: 1254. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm. HABITAT: mixed deciduous
forest. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, R.M.Rankin, S.Thompson, et.al..
WAYPT/005, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). .
WAYPT/005, came here with Ottawa Ampbibian & Reptile Association. Some
of my notes here are fairly lackadasical, as this area is well-studied
by Shaun Thompson, the GPS wasn't giving very tight fixes, and it was
nice to just slack off and not be responsible for learning and recording
everything I saw. (LONG_UTM=18 T 0402456 4959122)
moved 1.6 km SW.
55) Murphys Pt Park, Feldspar Pit. UTM 18TVE 11.3 582.2
44.77256N 76.24914W. TIME: 1330-1338. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: deep Lemna/moss granite minepit pool/Ulmus scrub. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/136/aa, Rana catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). several adult,
female, juvenile, . WAYPT/006, 1 big F, sev juvs in pool. 82 m error on
GPS. Many of the GPS fixes on this trip had big errors because the
satellites were poorly disposed across the sky when I had the unit
turned on. (LONG_UTM=18 T 0401129 4958223)
56) (same location) TIME: 1330-1338. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/ab, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). many adult, female, juvenile, . 1 big
F, many small juvs in pool.
57) (same location) TIME: 1330-1338. 96/136/ac, Stagnicola
elodes (Common Stagnicola) (Mollusca). 1 shell, dipnetted. 1 shell
only mollusc in net scoop of dense moss-surface. We didn't scoop this
thick vegetation many times, but found NO:Amphibian larvae.
moved 0.1 km NW.
58) Murphys Pt Park. UTM 18TVE 10.6 582.8 44.77303N 76.25003W.
TIME: 1346. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm. HABITAT: mixed deciduous
brushy 2 nd growth granite knoll. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/ba, Elaphe
obsoleta (Rat snake) (herp). 1 adult, bask, captured. WAYPT/007,
large. computer-chip marked ad on fence, abt to shed. This was on the
flat 2 x 6 fence top surrounding a park-preserved piece of mining
equipment (a donkey engine). Shaun took it home to see if he had marked
it with an implanted computer chip, and found that he had. (LONG_UTM=18
T 0401059 4958276)
59) (same location) TIME: 1346. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/bb, Rana
pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). 1 adult, bask, captured. green ad
under mining equipment on gravel.
60) (same location) TIME: 1346. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/bc, Hyla
versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog) (herp). 1 adult, scat, seen.
on flat 2 x 6 fence top surrounding preserved equipment. Recognized by
Shaun Thompson.
moved 0.3 km WSW.
61) Murphys Pt Park, the Beaver Pond. UTM 18TVE 8.3 581.6
44.77197N 76.25287W. TIME: 1404-1450. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: deadtree/Wolffia inactive Castor swamp in granite. 96/136/c,
Wolffia (Watermeal) (Plant). dominant herb, seen. WAYPT/008, the
only duckweed, complete green blanket. This seems like a big old pond,
and has a big dam that has long been inactive, and the pond was much
higher when active, but there is no sign of it on the 1976 1:50000 topo
map. There are lots of piles of stored winter food exposed >1 m above
the present water level, and all the signs of Castor activity are
old. The water is just a slurry of peat with a dense film of
Wolffia (Watermeal), and the 1 scoop I subjected my net too came
up with no amphibian larvae.
The group swarmed out to obtain a herpetological checklist here, but I
just sat under an Ostrya tree on the grassy granite slope
otherwise stripped of woody vegetation by Beavers that run up into mixed
woods of Sugar Maple>Paper Birch=White Pine=Red Maple. The cleared
area is ringed by Ostrya, which is evidently as disfavoured by
Castor as by Bos. We saw a single 50 cm Juniperus
virginianus (Eastern Red Cedar) up the slope a ways from here.
(LONG_UTM=18 T 0400833 4958162)
62) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/ca, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). many call, adult, seen, heard,
captured. few calling irregularly, many seen by group.
63) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/cb, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). many call, adult, seen, heard,
captured. scattered calling, many seen by group.
64) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/cc, Rana
pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). many adult, seen, heard, captured. on
land & at pond edge.
65) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/cd,
Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake) (herp). 1 female, grav,
captured. near pond, caught by group.
66) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/ce,
Thamnophis sauritus (Northern Ribbon Snake) (herp). 2 adult,
captured. near pond, caught by group.
67) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/cf,
Storeria occipitomaculata (Redbelly Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen.
seen briefly by RMR.
68) (same location) TIME: 1404-1450. 96/136/cg,
(not listed) (entomological). 1 larva, captured. nymph in bracken.
moved 0.1 km SSE.
69) Murphys Pt Park, the Beaver Pond. UTM 18TVE 8.7 580.6
44.77102N 76.25235W. TIME: 1454. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm. HABITAT:
deadtree/Wolffia inactive Castor swamp near dam. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/136/da, Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 1
adult, captured. WAYPT/009, dark-coloured.
70) (same location) TIME: 1454. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/db, Chrysemys
picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, seen. large. ad in duckweed
blanket.
moved 10.4 km E.
71) Murphys Pt Park. UTM 18TVE 113 578 44.77009N 76.12055W.
TIME: 1515ca. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, overcast, calm. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/e,
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, DOR.
only 1 seen today, GRID approx. .
moved 9.1 km W.
72) Murphys Pt Park. UTM 18TVE 21.8 577 44.76799N 76.23572W.
TIME: 1526. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, overcast, calm. HABITAT: roadside
Salix/mucky pond. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, R.M.Rankin. 2 OHS Mar
97, 96/136/fa, Rana clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). several call,
heard, seen. WAYPT/010, several seen, few calling.
73) (same location) TIME: 1526. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/fb, Chrysemys
picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, seen. in pond.
moved 0.6 km NE.
74) Murphys Pt Park. UTM 18TVE 25.6 581.4 44.77197N 76.23100W.
TIME: 1603. AIR TEMP: 22, overcast, calm. HABITAT: isolated mucky pond
in open 2 nd growth woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, R.M.Rankin,
S.Thompson, et.al.. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/ea, Hyla versicolor
(Tetraploid Gray Treefrog) (herp). abundant larva, dipnetted. WAYPT/011,
lots of big tadpoles.
75) (same location) TIME: 1603. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/136/eb, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). several adult, call, larva,
dipnetted. sev seen, some calling, 1 small. (this yr)tadpole.
76) (same location) TIME: 1603. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/137/ad, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, dipnetted. noted.
77) (same location) TIME: 1603. 96/137/ae, Castor canadensis
(Beaver) (Mammal). adult, tracks. freshly cut sticks in pond.
78) (same location) TIME: 1603. 96/137/af, Hydrocharis
morsus-ranae (European Frogbit) (Plant). common herb, tracks. not
dominant, but how did it get to this isolated pond?.
79) (same location) TIME: 1603. FWS/1996/137/ac, Ambystoma
(Ambystoma salamander) (herp). 2 larva, dipnetted. large. larvae.
moved 0.2 km WSW.
80) Murphys Pt Park, mouth Black Creek, Hoggs Bay. UTM 18TVE
23.8 580.6 44.77122N 76.23337W. TIME: 1613. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast,
calm. HABITAT: rocky creekmouth@steep-shored weedy bay. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/137/ba, Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 6
adult, bask, under cover, captured. WAYPT/012, traditionally good site,
on and under rocks. The shore of the lake is steep and weedy, but there
were NO:Unionidae in the ca 70 m of shoreline I was able to scan for
them.
(LONG_UTM=18 T 0402375 4958055)
81) (same location) TIME: 1613. HABITAT: brushy area above rocky
creekmouth@steep-shored bay. 96/137/bb, Rubus strigosus (Red
Raspberry) (Plant). few shrub, in fruit, forage. very sparse crop, 1 st
fruit seen this yr. This name from Don Cuddy's list of eastern Ontario
plants.
moved 0.2 km N.
82) Murphys Pt Park, mouth Black Creek, Hoggs Bay. UTM 18TVE 24
582.5 44.77298N 76.23309W. TIME: 1639. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, overcast,
calm. HABITAT: lawn, brush, log building above steep-shored weedy bay. 2
OHS Mar 97, 96/137/ca, Hyla versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog)
(herp). 1 adult, seen. in fork of Staghorn Sumac, spotted by Shaun
Thompson.
83) (same location) TIME: 1639-1650. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, overcast, calm. 2
OHS Mar 97, 96/137/cb, Elaphe obsoleta (Rat snake) (herp). 2
adult, shed, seen. shed skin, ad tucked into roof in old log building.
The shore here is too steep and weedy and brushy to look for unionids.
The slope below the buildings (a house and outbuilding tended as a park
attraction) is tangled with Clematis.
moved 0.2 km SE.
84) Murphys Pt Park. UTM 18TVE 25.6 581.4 44.77197N 76.23100W.
TIME: 1657. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, overcast, calm. HABITAT: isolated mucky
pond in open 2 nd growth woods. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/137/d, Rana
sylvatica (Wood Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. unstriped, hopped
across track.
23 July 1996
moved 14.2 km N.
85) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Tay Canal, Last Duel
Park. UTM 18TVE 21.3 722.9 44.89933N 76.23920W. TIME: 1402-1417.
AIR TEMP: 26, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: deciduous lawnpark woodland, weedy
clearwater canal. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad
Schueler. EOBM(MOLL)00542, 96/156/ba, Elliptio complanata
(Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 6/few shell, specimen. WAYPT/003, 3
pairs, 3 valves, largest 74 mm, in water. I searched the N bank of the
canal here and only found these, but the S bank is better habitat for
muskrat piles, and should be searched.
86) (same location) TIME: 1402-1417. EOBM(MOLL)00640, 96/156/bb,
Lampsilis (Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. old thin
80.5 mm inflated pair with sparse narrow rays.
87) (same location) TIME: 1402-1417. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/156/bc, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). several adult, seen. big ads, other
Rana splashes seen but not id. .
88) (same location) TIME: 1402-1417. 96/156/bd, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). 1 adult, dead, seen. floating in
canal, not fresh.
moved 11.1 km WSW.
89) Bathurst: Gamble Sideroad, 1 km E Wemyss. UTM 18TUE 913.9
692.4 44.87030N 76.37450W. TIME: 1445-1452. AIR TEMP: 25, breezy, light
rain. HABITAT: 1 m deep, 3 m wide weedy pasture creek. EOBM(MOLL)01320,
96/156/ca, Anodontoides ferussacianus (Cylindrical Floater)
(Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. WAYPT/004, 41.5 mm valve on stones of
brige abutment. The creek was too weedy, & the shores too grown up to
search, so it was pure good fortune that I found these shells on the
bridge abutment. A trace of rain falling.
90) (same location) TIME: 1445-1452. EOBM(MOLL)01321, 96/156/cb,
Pyganodon grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen.
broken pair on stones of brige abutment, trace of rain. Bi-nodular beak
sculpture -- more like excavations than nodules.
91) (same location) TIME: 1445-1452. AIR TEMP: 25, breezy, rainy. 2 OHS
Mar 97, 96/156/cc, Rana clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). >1? call,
heard. few calls.
moved 13.7 km WSW.
92) Sherbrooke: Fall R@Maberley bridge. 31C/15, UTM 18TUE 781
657 44.83630N 76.54190W. TIME: 1525-1615. AIR TEMP: 25, windy. HABITAT:
clear rocky-bottom river in old mill village. 96/158, datasheet
(datasheet) (event). natural history, wade, water colour. WAYPT/006,
This visit was for Mississippi unionid survey. DATASHEET SUMMARY: Land
ownership was road right-of-way and private (inc. Dorothy Burnham).
Position based on global positioning (LONG_UTM=18 T 0378098 4965701).
The recorded time was Eastern Daylight. The diel period was
midafternoon. The sky was clear with bright sun cloud cover 35 %.
Precipitation was a trace of rain at beginning of visit and distant
thunder (which was a serious storm in Ottawa). The wind was breeze
Beaufort 4 Force. Weather for the past 48 hr was seasonally normal
temperatures seasonally normal moisture. The site was in knobby
Shield-edge terrain. Bedrock was ridgey metamporphic gneiss & granite.
The terrestrial vegetation was deciduous cottage parkland (40 %
wooded). DOMINANT SPECIES:. Soft Maples, Salix (Willow), Ash.
Human impact on the site included cottagy village, fishing recreation,
& throwing trash in crk.
Site wetlands were fringing marsh upstream of site, with Lythrum
salicaria (Purple Loosestrife), Pickerelweed. Development stage of
Typha (Cattail) was immature seedheads. Water at the site was
permanent natural river impuonded by old low milldams just downstream
of area searched. Water level was high seasonally normal. The bottom
was bedrock boulders sand muck & chunky artifacts. Water quality was
clear yellow. Spaces under rocks were gravelly or silty. Water
movement was still fast. WIDTH: 10 m LENGTH SAMPLED: 150 m centred on
bridge. MAX. DEPTH:1.4 m DEPTHS SAMPLED:0-1.2 m. Dominant aquatic
plants were submerged linear-leaved Sparganium (Bur-reed).
Capture was by hand. No cover was checked. AKS painted the view
downstream from the bridge, where the water flows over a low old dam,
where it curves into the impoundment of another dam just downstream.
The bank of the cirve is a wall of rusty metamorphic rock. As the
outlet for Silvver Lake, this stream doesn't seem to have any more
species of unionids than the lake has. all fresh shells were taken
alive.
93) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. EOBM(MOLL)01109, 96/158/a,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 39 shell,
adult, specimen, Muskrat shell pile. many seen alive, 28 pairs, 5 left &
4 right valves, 2 fragments. Largest 121 mm -- this pair nearly
completely destitute of periostracum. Adjacent resident Dorothy Burnham
says that the shell pile (which was small & diffuse and had only old
shells) is due to Lontra canadensis (River Otter), which break
the clams on the low bedrock outcrop.
94) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. EOBM(MOLL)01110, 96/158/b,
Lampsilis radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 1+1 shell,
adult, specimen. 1(seen?)alive, 1 old broken valve collected.
95) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. EOBM(MOLL)01111, 96/158/c,
Pyganodon (Floater) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. broken old
valve.
96) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. 96/158/d, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). many adult, dead, specimen. active around
rocks, 1 fd dead.
97) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. CLDM, 96/158/e, Sphaeriidae
(not listed) (Mollusca). many adult, shell, specimen. extensive bottom
cover of shells and clams.
98) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/158/f, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 2 adult, call, seen, heard. 1 ad, 1
calling.
99) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/158/g, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. ca 30 mm SVL.
100) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/158/h, Bufo
americanus (American Toad) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. ca 70 mm SVL,
perched on rock in stream.
101) (same location) TIME: 1525-1615. 96/158/i, Lobelia
cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) (Plant). 1 herb, in bloom, seen.
several stems near dam.
moved 5.0 km NW.
102) Bolton Creek, 5 km NNW Maberley. UTM 18TUE 751.6 697.5
44.87225N 76.58006W. TIME: 1649-1705. AIR TEMP: 26.4, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: Castor-dammed clear yellowwater crk, marshy valley. 96/157/ba,
Clematis virginiana (Virgin's-bower) (Plant). common herb, in
bloom, seen. WAYPT/007, tangle of red stems on roadside.
103) (same location) TIME: 1649-1705. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/157/bb,
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 7 nests nest, egg,
prey of predator, seen. 1 nest on W, 6 on E side of road N of bridge.
Some may have been Chrysemys, but all identifiable eggs were this
species.
104) (same location) TIME: 1649-1705. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/157/bc,
Storeria occipitomaculata (Redbelly Snake) (herp). 1 adult, DOR.
192-252 mm, ashy brown colour, DOR on bridge.
105) (same location) TIME: 1649-1705. 96/157/bd, Castor
canadensis (Beaver) (Mammal). present adult, tracks. dam under
concrete bridge, tracks in mud. We stopped here to look for unionids,
but despite wading about in deep water and gravelly/rocky bottom under
the bridge we didn't see any. Upstream of here the creek snakes around
in a wide valley wetland distantly bounded by forests of Thuja,
Poplar, White Birch, and Tamarack. White and Yellow waterlilies and
Pickerelweed are in bloom. Downstream the valley is narrower, until
the forest is right on the riverbanks.
moved 6.3 km NNW.
106) Sherbrooke Nor: Elphin. UTM 18TUE 723.9 754.4 44.92295N
76.61659W. TIME: 1719. WAYPT/008, reference (cartigraphic
reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/008, (LONG_UTM=18 T 0372387
4975441).
moved 10.0 km E.
107) Bathurst: 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1 km W Bartlett Bay. 31C/16,
UTM 18TUE87 823.3 740.5 44.91213N 76.49034W. TIME: 2114. HABITAT:
shield-edge oldfield & deciduous woods. WAYPT/021, arrival ()
(event). drive. WAYPT/021, with leech-bloodied legs.
24 July 1996
moved 0.6 km NNW.
108) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Bolton Creek, 9.7 km E
Elphin. UTM 18TUE 820.4 745.6 44.91659N 76.49413W. TIME:
0928-0942. AIR TEMP: 18 ca, clear, calm. HABITAT: muddy brownwater
Castor-infuenced slow creek. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta
Karstad Schueler, DE Mc Allister. EOBM(MOLL)01052, 95/159/ba,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 23/common
adult, shell, dead, specimen. WAYPT/023, many alive, 23 pairs, largest
108 mm. We came here from Don & Lise's through hayfields, through
Poison Ivy, into a Maple bush & Thuja and Aspen at the crest of
the slope leading down to the creek. The wwods right along the creek
are Thuja and Aibes. This is a brownwater river, quiet,
little flow, 20 m wide >1 m deep, with a muddy bottom and scattered
stones. Nymphaea (White Waterlily) and Nuphar (Yellow
Waterlily) both blooming, some Pickerelweed and Arrowhead closer to
shore. There is NO:Typha. Banks are bushes of Alnus (Alder),
Myrica gale (Sweet Gale), and Salix (Willow). Delicate
pink swamp milkweed and Maidenhair-texture Osmunda regalis (Royal
Fern) are under the bushes. Clams are mostly in a mixture of muck and
sand, among boulders. There is no evidence of predator shell piles.
109) (same location) TIME: 0928-0942. EOBM(MOLL)01053, 95/159/bb,
Lampsilis radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 2 shell,
dead, specimen. old 105 & 100 mm pairs.
110) (same location) TIME: 0928-0942. EOBM(MOLL)01054, 95/159/bc,
Anodontoides ferussacianus (Cylindrical Floater) (Mollusca). 8
adult, shell, specimen. 5 pairs, 2 valves & fragment, largest 72 mm, few
shells, few alive. Almost no visible beak sculpture.
111) (same location) TIME: 0928-0942. 2 OHS Mar 97, 95/159/be, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). many juvenile, seen. along shore.
112) (same location) TIME: 0928-0942. 2 OHS Mar 97, 95/159/bf, Bufo
americanus (American Toad) (herp). 1 yearling, seen. hopping through
vegetation at shore.
113) (same location) TIME: 0942. AIR TEMP: 18 ca, clear, calm.
95/159/bd, Tibiacen (Dogday Cicada) (entomological). several
call, heard. 1 st calling heard this yr.
moved 0.5 km SE.
114) 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1 km W Bartlett Bay. UTM 18TUE87 823.4
741 44.91261N 76.49024W. TIME: 1147. AIR TEMP: 18.8, clear, calm.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. rangerlog,
departure (departure) (event). natural history, drive. <> to home. (LONG_UTM=18 T 0382337 4974102) LOCCODE:LISE &
DONS
moved 9.4 km ENE.
115) Fall R@Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE 904.9 788.4 44.95658N
76.38806W. TIME: 1158-1230. AIR TEMP: 26 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT:
clear yellowwater sand/gravel/cobble river, village. 96/160/a,
visit () (event). natural history, wade. beautiful river, light
golden water, 20 m wide,. 3-1.5 m deep. Shady upstream of the bridge
with tall Siver Maples, where the bottom is coarse sand with bark chips
and cobbles. Below the bridge the bottom is looser, with some muck in
the sand, and there are big beds of Potamogeton amplifolium and
Elodea. Below the area we worked there were signs of the head of
a Beaver impoundment. At the bridge there is a sparse stand of
Scirpus on the S bank, and of possible Frog-bit on the N bank.
The current is noticeable but fairly lazy, and there are lots of little
darting fish.
Most of the dead unionid shells came from a single pile on the S bank
upstream of the bridge.
116) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/160/aa, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 2 adult, seen. WAYPT/025, both ca 80
mm SVL.
117) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/160/ab, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. flat and dry.
118) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/160/ac, Rana
pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). 100 s juvenile, adult, seen. juvs
along banks, 1 green ad.
119) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 96/160/ad, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). several scat, seen. on streamside
rocks, shell pile above bridge.
120) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 96/160/ae, Lobelia
cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) (Plant). several herb.bloom, seen.
among Onoclea & Lythrum on N bank.
121) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 96/160/af, Percina
caprodes (Logperch) (fish). ca 15 adult, seen. school in midstream,
strikingly barred.
122) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. EOBM(MOLL)00558, 96/160/ag,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 22/abundant
adult, shell, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. 18 pairs, 4 valves, largest
95 mm, many alive. Nacre very pale lavender.
123) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. EOBM(MOLL)00559, 96/160/ah,
Lampsilis radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 6 shell,
Muskrat shell pile, specimen. old shells, 3 pairs, 3 valves, largest 64
mm. Compact 'Nipissing' morphology.
124) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. EOBM(MOLL)00560, 96/160/ai,
Strophitus undulatus (Squaw-Foot) (Mollusca). 2 adult, shell,
Muskrat shell pile, specimen. 1 alive, 1 valve, lgr 77 mm, elongate
shells.
125) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. EOBM(MOLL)00561, 96/160/aj,
Lasmigona compressa (Brook Lasmigona) (Mollusca). 2 adult, shell,
Muskrat shell pile, specimen. old pair & valve, lgr 84 mm.
126) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. 96/160/ak, Orconectes
virilis (Northern Crayfish) (Crayfish). 2/several adult, shell,
dead, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. sev seen, 2 sheds, 1 juv
captured.
127) (same location) TIME: 1158-1230. EOBM(MOLL)00562, 96/160/al,
Campeloma decisum (Brown Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 4 adult,
shell, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. 2 fresh, 2 old shells, largest 31.1
mm, spires intact.
2 August 1996
moved 11.1 km SE.
128) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay River bridge/0.8 km SSE Glen
Tay. UTM 18TUE 969.9 698.4 44.87651N 76.30378W. TIME: 0844-0859.
AIR TEMP: 16.7, overcast, calm. HABITAT: clear river, low weirs,
limestone bedrock/sand bottom, in village. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 96/169/ca, Elliptio complanata
(Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 11 adult, shell, specimen. WAYPT/071, 1
alive, 10 pairs, generally small. This was a quick check while AKS
turned the truck around. The clear river runs over low weirs here, and
between the little impoundments, over limestone bedrock, chunks of
bedrock, gravel and sand. The water level is fairly high today, and I
didn't turn any cover.
129) (same location) TIME: 0844-0859. 96/169/cb, Lampsilis cf
ventricosa (Pocket-Book) (Mollusca). 3 shell, specimen. 2 pairs, 1
valve, same light shells as in Perth(95/139/cfa).
130) (same location) TIME: 0844-0859. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/169/cc,
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 1 female, grav,
seen. on roadside, a movement in wateredge veg. likely also this sp.
131) (same location) TIME: 0844-0859. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/169/cd, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, seen. big ad.
moved 0.8 km NNW.
132) Glen Tay (settlement). UTM 18TUE 966.1 705.9 44.88318N
76.30874W. TIME: 0909. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast. WAYPT/072,
reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/072, a
straggling settlement around river, road, & tracks.
23 August 1996
moved 14.7 km E.
133) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Highway 43/Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89323N 76.12259W. TIME:
1650-1656. AIR TEMP: 25 ca, sunny. HABITAT: herbed-over dry channel,
Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/187/ba, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). 3 juvenile, seen.
WAYPT/002, on roadside rattling with Melanoplus.
134) (same location) TIME: 1650-1656. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/187/bb,
Storeria occipitomaculata (Redbelly Snake) (herp). 1 adult, under
cover, seen. redbrown dorsum, under. old campaign sign on grassy
roadside.
moved 10.8 km W.
135) Perth: Highway 43/Co Road 6. UTM 18TVE 6.2 730.1 44.90553N
76.25849W. TIME: 1709. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, &
Jennifer H. Schueler. WAYPT/003, reference (cartigraphic
reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/003, ref to Damianno after diversion
to Balderson.
moved 13.7 km SW.
136) Bathurst: Tay R/Co Road 6. UTM 18TUE 901.9 640.7 44.82355N
76.38860W. TIME: 1754-1832. AIR TEMP: 25 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT:
fast deep clear granite/boulder/gravel/muck river. OBSERVER: Frederick
W. Schueler, Jennifer Helene Schueler. 96/187/ca, Orconectes
(Orconectes) (Crayfish). 1 dead, shell, seen. WAYPT/004, no cover
turned, 2 chelipeds seen on bottom.
137) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/187/cb, Rana
pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). many juvenile, seen. on roadside.
138) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/187/cc, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. on shore.
139) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/187/cd,
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult,
female, DOR. big, crushed, dry.
140) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. EOBM(MOLL)01221, 96/187/ce,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 27/abundant
adult, shell, specimen. 10 alive, 20/sg. m in places below bridge. 13
pairs, 4 valves, largest 92 mm.
This concentration was in soil-like sediment between the strong main
current and the deep-drifted loose muck of a marshy backwater NE of the
bridge. In the strong current the clams were just scattered among the
rocks.
141) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. EOBM(MOLL)01222, 96/187/cf,
Lasmigona costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 3 adult, shell,
specimen. 1 alive, 1 pair, larger 120 mm. A distorted specimen seen
alive was alive was probably this species.
142) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. EOBM(MOLL)01223, 96/187/cg,
Lampsilis radiata SUBSPECIES:siliquoidea (not listed) (Mollusca).
2 shell, specimen. old female pairs, larger 64 mm.
143) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. EOBM(MOLL)01224, 96/187/ch,
Viviparus georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca).
4/abundant adult, shell, specimen. all over bottom, bigger ones
selected. Sample includes a fishing lure.
144) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. 96/187/ci, Chara
(Stonewort) (alga). 4/abundant thallus, specimen. few plants at edge of
main current. Most aquatic vegetation here is beds of Elodea and
Potamogeton.
145) (same location) TIME: 1754-1832. 96/187/cj, Micropterus
(Micropterus sp.) (fish). many adult, seen. fish seem >fearless due to
>>current or angling sanctuary. Despite the 'Fish Sanctuary' there was
a spoon lure lodged on a stick in the water, and a boat of anglers
drifted past.
LIST: Micropterus dolomieui
(Smallmouth Bass), abundant, 15-25 cm, croding around whenever bottom
disturbed;
Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth Bass), 1
large ad seen;
Lepomis (Sunfish), many.
moved 10.8 km SW.
146) 1.5 km SW Althorpe (Damiano). UTM 18TUE 826.3 563.7
44.75308N 76.48244W. TIME: 1918. AIR TEMP: 23, clear. HABITAT: oldfield
vacation site, WPine woods, excavated pond. OBSERVER: . WAYPT/005,
arrival () (event). drive. WAYPT/005, parked the trailer here
for the night. (LONG_UTM=18 T 0382629 4956369) "From: sustain at web.
net (Mike Nickerson (Sustainability Project) Subject: The weekend of the
24 th & 25 th. It didn't occur to me last night to tell you about the
get together that is happening on our land West of Perth next weekend.
It is a family gathering, bring your own tent & food, cooking facilities
are provided. It evolved out of a Council of all Beings held in Ottawa
last spring. The organizers wanted to have a resonent event for
children to be held out of the city. The focus will be casually
revolving around the interconnectedness of all things with creative
intent and art materials on hand. For more details, either come along
or call Randi Cherry of the Ottawa Organiz Food Group at 270-0606. If
you are interested I can give you directions for finding Damiano. Let
me know. Yours, Mike Nickerson"
147) (same location) TIME: 1920-2030. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, clear. OBSERVER:
Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler. 2 OHS Mar 97,
96/188/aa, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). abundant adult,
juvenile, female, captured, seen. big F captured at arrival, juveniles
in grass. No anuran calling heard overnight. Lots of these and small
aquatic Rana (True Frog) seen around pond by JHS on 24
August.
148) (same location) TIME: 1920-2030. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/ab, Bufo
americanus (American Toad) (herp). 1 juvenile, captured, seen. in
firepit.
24 August 1996
moved 0.0 km SSW.
149) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: 1.5 km SW Althorpe. UTM
18TUE 826.1 563.2 44.75267N 76.48262W. TIME: 1024. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. ROUTE: Co Road 6, lost, Highway 7, 509, Ardoch, Hy 506,
41, complex return. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. rangerlog,
departure (departure) (event). natural history, drive. 171481
km, to Upper Mississippi drainage for unionids. WAYPT/008 (LONG_UTM=18
T 0382614 4956324)
moved 5.9 km NE.
150) Co Road 6/3.6 km SSW Christie Lake(settlement). UTM 18TUE
865.4 607.6 44.79319N 76.43403W. TIME: 1038. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny,
breezy. HABITAT: Carex/Lythrum/Nymphaea pond, knolly 2 nd growth, Sumac.
2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/ca, Thamnophis sauritus (Northern Ribbon
Snake) (herp). 1 adult, DOR, specimen. WAYPT/009, 382-548 mm, very
fresh.
151) (same location) TIME: 1038. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/cb, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. freshly crushed.
moved 3.4 km NE.
152) Co Road 6/1.4 km SE Christie Lake(settlemeent). UTM 18TUE
893.4 626.9 44.81099N 76.39912W. TIME: 1048. AIR TEMP: 26, sunny,
breezy. HABITAT: young Thuja/WPine/Aspen/Paper Birch 2 nd growth,
roadside. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/d, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog)
(herp). 2/many adult, DOR, seen, active. WAYPT/010, DOR, many in
roadside grass & clover. There were lots of Acrids on the roadside on
the S side of the road where there were the fewer frogs.
NUMBER/COLOUR/HEAD_SPOTS/SEX/SVL/TIBIA
1)gr, 111, j, 52, -9
2)gr, 111, f, 73, -9
(LONG_UTM=18 T 0389335 4962685)
moved 1.4 km NW.
153) Christie Lake(settlement). UTM 18TUE 885 637.7 44.82064N
76.40986W. TIME: 1057. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: deep
rocky clear lake outlet, marsh/cottage shores. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/e,
Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). 3 juvenile, DOR. WAYPT/011,
crushed. The Tay River flows out here without riffles (perhaps those we
hunted last night are the first); I peered into the water from a low
bridge and saw NO:Unionidae
(LONG_UTM=18 T 0388504 4963772)
moved 4.1 km NE.
154) Co Road 6/0.3 km SW Dewitt Corners. UTM 18TUE 919 661.1
44.84224N 76.36739W. TIME: 1108. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: pasture/hayfields. 2 OHS Mar 97, 96/188/f, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, female, DOR,
specimen. WAYPT/012, very fresh, 480-595 mm, tail slight stub.
moved 0.3 km NE.
155) Dewitt Corners, Co Road 6. UTM 18TUE 921.6 663.5 44.84439N
76.36415W. TIME: 1110. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: village
in agricultural area. WAYPT/013, reference (cartigraphic
reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/013, turned N here (LONG_UTM=18 T
0392162 4966348).
10 December 1996
moved 12.4 km NW.
156) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1 km W
Bartlett Bay. 31C/13, UTM 18TUE87 823.9 740.3 44.91201N 76.48959W.
TIME: 1151. AIR TEMP: -1. HABITAT: shield-edge oldfield & deciduous
woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 96/231/am, Lithospermum
officinale (Common Gromwell) (Plant). 1 herb, in fruit, seen.
WAYPT/003, single clump at edge of field/laneway, 2 cm snow.
(LONG_UTM=18 T 0382387 4974034)
LOCCODE:LISE & DONS
27 December 1996
moved 0.1 km N.
157) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1 km W
Bartlett Bay. UTM 18TUE87 824 741 44.91261N 76.48944W. TIME: 1522.
AIR TEMP: -5, sunny, calm. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. rangerlog,
departure (departure) (event). museum, drive. 184048 km, tohome,
ca 4 cm light snow on ground here.
moved 2.1 km ENE.
158) Bennet Lake. Rd/11.9 km NW Dewitt Corners. 31C/16, UTM 18T
842 751.9 44.92273N 76.46696W. TIME: 1530. AIR TEMP: -3, overcast.
HABITAT: knolly hayfields. 96/233/a, Plectrophenax nivalis (Snow
Bunting) (Bird). 30 ca adult, seen, drive. WAYPT/014, 1 st flock of
winter.
moved 16.7 km E.
159) Perth: Tay R@Golf Club. UTM 18T 6.3 720.9 44.89727N
76.25823W. TIME: 1556. AIR TEMP: -2.6, overcast. HABITAT: rocky stream
through marsh, Elm/Oak golf/urban pkland. WAYPT/015, visit ()
(event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/015, river fringed with ice, no
piles of unionid shells.
11 January 1997
moved 24.6 km WNW.
160) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Toad Hill, Dalhousie Lake, H.
van Pelt's. 31C/15, UTM 18T 777.8 814.2 44.97770N 76.54967W. TIME:
1155. AIR TEMP: -7, sunny. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, &
Jennifer H. Schueler. WAYPT/017, reference (cartigraphic
reference) (event). . WAYPT/017.
161) (same location) TIME: 2022. AIR TEMP: -11.4, clear. rangerlog,
departure (departure) (event). business, drive. 184867 km, to
Bishops Mills.
moved 2.9 km SE.
162) Mc Donalds Corners. UTM 18T 796.1 792.3 44.95831N
76.52598W. TIME: 2042. AIR TEMP: -11 ca. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. WAYPT/018, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event).
drive. WAYPT/018.
22 February 1997
moved 22.4 km ESE.
163) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Perth. 31C/16, UTM
18TVE 10.6 725.7 44.90168N 76.25283W. TIME: 1345. AIR TEMP: -3.4,
snowing. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler.
WAYPT/071, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive.
WAYPT/071, getting gas here.
moved 24.8 km WNW.
164) Toad Hill, Dalhousie Lake, H. van Pelt's. 31C/15, UTM 18T
778.2 814.2 44.97769N 76.54917W. TIME: 1419. OBSERVER: Frederick W.,
Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler. WAYPT/VANPEL, arrival ()
(event). . WAYPT/VANPEL (LONG_UTM=18 T 0377823 4981418).
12 March 1997
moved 8.6 km SSE.
165) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Bathurst: 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1
km W Bartlett Bay. 31C/13, UTM 18TUE87 824 741 44.91261N 76.48944W.
TIME: 1300-1600. AIR TEMP: -5, windy, sunny. HABITAT: shield-edge
oldfield & deciduous woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. notes/a,
Carpodacus purpureus (Purple Finch) (Bird). 2 adult, male, drive.
on feeder tray, not carefully observed. Also Picoides villosus
(Hairy Woodpecker) and other birds and lots of Tamiasciurus (Red
Squirrel) at the feeder. Lise & Don say that they have no
Sciurus (Tree Squirrel) here this year, as they have in the past,
and that this may be correlated with the great number of Martes
pennanti (Fisher) that they have around this year. Also they have
been feeding one Vulpes.
30 April 1997
moved 29.0 km E.
166) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Highway 43, W of
Port Elmsley. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE 113 714.8 44.89317N 76.12290W.
TIME: 1519. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, sunny, windy. HABITAT: Tay River backwater
pond behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/k, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard, drive.
WAYPT/129, big chorus, N side of road, ld wind noise.
moved 4.3 km WNW.
167) Highway 43, 4.5 km WNW Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 71.3 725.5
44.90231N 76.17594W. TIME: 1522. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: swampy marshy pasture. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/l, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard, drive.
chorus, N side of road, ld wind noise.
moved 13.1 km WNW.
168) Balderson, Han van Pelt's shop. UTM 18TUE 954.2 783.9
44.95322N 76.32545W. TIME: 1542. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, sunny, windy.
97/065/m, visit () (event). drive. WAYPT/131, stopped here to
leave something off.
moved 9.6 km WSW.
169) Bathurst: Bennett Lake Rd/5.0 km WSW Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE
859.7 765.7 44.93543N 76.44475W. TIME: 1717. AIR TEMP: 22.5, clear,
windy. HABITAT: pond. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/na, Chrysemys picta
(Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 call, seen, bask. WAYPT/132, small.
170) (same location) TIME: 1717. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/nb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus.
171) (same location) TIME: 1717. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/nc, Rana
pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. several
calling.
moved 0.8 km SSW.
172) Bennett Lake Rd/5.7 km WSW Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE 856.8
758.3 44.92872N 76.44828W. TIME: 1720. AIR TEMP: 22.5, clear, windy.
HABITAT: Typha marsh. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/oa, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard.
WAYPT/133, chorus.
173) (same location) TIME: 1720. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/065/ob, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few
calling.
moved 3.7 km WSW.
174) 10 km WSW Fallbrook, 1 km W Bartlett Bay. 31C/13, UTM
18TUE87 824.1 741 44.91262N 76.48935W. TIME: 1729. AIR TEMP: 22.5,
clear, windy. HABITAT: shield-edge oldfield & deciduous woods. 2 OHS Feb
98, 97/066/a, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3
call, heard. WAYPT/134, distant chorus.
moved 4.9 km NE.
175) 4.5 km WSW Fallbrook. 31C/16, UTM 18TUE 864.5 769.5
44.93888N 76.43884W. TIME: 1858. AIR TEMP: 19.5, light overcast, windy.
HABITAT: marshy area in hayfield. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/ba, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard.
WAYPT/135, chorus.
176) (same location) TIME: 1858. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/bb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus.
moved 1.9 km NE.
177) 2.6 km WSW Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE 880.5 779.8 44.94846N
76.41880W. TIME: 1900. AIR TEMP: 19.5, light overcast, windy. HABITAT:
small marshy area. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/ca, Pseudacris crucifer
(Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. WAYPT/136, chorus.
178) (same location) TIME: 1900. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/cb, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard.
chorus.
moved 1.8 km NNW.
179) 3.4 km W Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE 871.1 795.5 44.96239N
76.43099W. TIME: 1909. AIR TEMP: 19.5, light overcast, windy. HABITAT:
Thuja/Abies/Poplar woods. 97/066/d, Bonasa umbellus (Ruffed
Grouse) (Bird). 1 call, DOR. WAYPT/137, noted.
moved 5.8 km W.
180) Dalhousie: 9.7 km ENE Elphin/9.2 km W Fallbrook. 31C/15, UTM
18TUE 812.8 794 44.96008N 76.50494W. TIME: 1916. AIR TEMP: 19.2, light
overcast, hazy. HABITAT: shallow pond in hayfield. 2 OHS Feb 98,
97/066/e, Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp).
index 3 call, heard, drive. WAYPT/138, chorus N of road, a little E of
waypoint.
moved 10.0 km WSW.
181) Co Road 36/1.2 km NW Elphin. UTM 18TUE 717.1 763.8
44.93127N 76.62542W. TIME: 1928. AIR TEMP: 18, light overcast, hazy.
HABITAT: marshy roadside. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/fa, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard.
WAYPT/139, few calling, E of road.
182) (same location) TIME: 1928. 2 OHS Feb 98, 97/066/fb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus, E of
road.
15 July 1997
moved 5.8 km S.
183) Canada: Ontario: Frontenac County: Oso: 6 m ENE Claredon
Station. UTM 18TUE 706.1 706.5 44.87950N 76.63793W. TIME: 1615.
AIR TEMP: 29 ca, light overcast, breezy. HABITAT: mixed forest.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Jennifer Helene Schueler, Bill Perry. 2
OHS Feb 98, 97/144/f, Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1
adult, female, DOR. WAYPT/050, long dead, big F with elaborate plastral
figure. This was the only herp seen on the long winding drive between
Elphin and Claredon Station. Wonderfully narrow twisting, freshly
gravelled, road through fairly mature mixed forest with lots of Pinus
strobus (White Pine).
moved 5.9 km NNE.
184) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Co Road 12,. 9 km NE Elphin.
UTM 18TVE 730.3 760.4 44.92847N 76.60865W. TIME: 2009. AIR TEMP: 23
ca. HABITAT: brushy area. 97/146/b, Lepus americanus (Snowshoe
Hare) (Mammal). 1 adult, AOR, drive. WAYPT/054, brown pelage.
17 February 1998
moved 9.8 km SSE.
185) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Sherbrooke: Elphin Road, 1.8 km
NNW Maberley bridge. UTM 18TUE 772 672.3 44.84993N 76.55367W.
TIME: 1705-1730. AIR TEMP: 1, overcast, breezy. HABITAT: Sugar
Maple/Ash/Elm woods with Taxus understorey. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 98/027/a, snow profile (snow profile) (inorganic).
natural history, survey. WAYPT/075, SW of intersection.
====================================
Data from snowpack fields for site SB 27
====================================
LANDFORM: flat top of E-facing knoll/ flat
VEGETATION: general vegetation Ca 70 yr woods, Sugar Maple=Am Elm=Ash.
Ironwood understorey, and Taxus visible above snow only in a few
places. ; ice damage moderate-severe; surface 0% covered by leaves of
herbs (none above snow. ) visible above snow cover between profile holes
separated by 10 m. Human impact on the site consisted of old cemetery S
of site. .
BIRDS & MAMMALS: none. Dogs barking.
SNOWPACK:
There was 14 cm of snow above the ice lens and a horizon 6 cm thick made
up of ice fallen from plants:
40-36 cm: refrozen snow crust.
36-26 cm: loose small-granular snow.
The ice lens from the 4-9 Jan ice storm was 4 cm thick:
26-20 cm: frozen twig ice.
20-16 cm: hard clear unlayered ice.
Snow under the ice lens was 16 cm thick:
16-11 cm: loose coarse granules, Taxus stems.
11-7 cm: frozen shelf, almost a layer of ice.
7-0 cm: granules, looser at bottom, with Taxus.
Vegetation on the ground was Tree leaves and Taxus. . Ground was
frozen.
The snowpack held (regression estimate from measurements) 105 L of
water/sq m.
HABITAT CLASSIFICATION: 100% canopy cover, 0% conifers in canopy, 0%
Cedars in canopy, 100% deciduous trees in canopy, 50% Sugar Maples in
canopy.
186) (same location) TIME: 1705-1730. 98/027/b, snow profile
(snow profile) (inorganic). natural history, survey. WAYPT/075, SW of
intersection. ====================================
Data from snowpack fields for site SB 27
====================================
LANDFORM: flat top of E-facing knoll/ flat
surface 0% covered by leaves of herbs . Human impact on the site
consisted of old cemetery S of site. .
SNOWPACK: There was 18 cm of snow above the ice lens:
48-42 cm: refrozen snow crust.
42-30 cm: loose small-granular snow.
The ice lens from the 4-9 Jan ice storm was 6 cm thick:
30-27 cm: solid white ice.
27-24 cm: hard clear blue ice.
Snow under the ice lens was 24 cm thick:
24-10 cm: loose recrystallized snow, Taxus stems.
10-0 cm: depth hoar with Taxus.
Vegetation on the ground was Tree leaves and Taxus. . Ground was
frozen.
The snowpack held (regression estimate from measurements) 146 L of
water/sq m.
HABITAT CLASSIFICATION: 100% canopy cover, 0% conifers in canopy, 0%
Cedars in canopy, 100% deciduous trees in canopy, 50% Sugar Maples in
canopy.
21 February 1998
moved 22.4 km NE.
187) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Highway 511, 4.9 km ENE
Fallbrook. 31C/16, UTM 18TUE 947.1 812.8 44.97912N 76.33501W.
TIME: 1739-1750. AIR TEMP: 2, cloudy, sunset, Beaufort gentle breeze.
HABITAT: oldfield/ROW fencerow. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Jennifer Helene Schueler. 98/053/a, snow profile (snow profile)
(inorganic). natural history, survey. wide area of ROW W of Highway.
====================================
Data from snowpack fields for site OB 53
====================================
LANDFORM: plain/ flat
VEGETATION: general vegetation Few bushes, Salix (Willow),
Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn), Prunus virginiana
(Red Choke Cherry), long-bud Vibernum. ; ice damage little;
surface 10% covered by leaves of herbs (Grass>=bouncing
Bet=Milkweed>Solidago.
) visible above snow cover between profile holes separated by 10 m.
Human impact on the site consisted of haying across fence in fields.
BIRDS & MAMMALS: none noted. none noted.
SNOWPACK:
There was 10 cm of snow above the ice lens:
26-18 cm: coarse granular snow.
The ice lens from the 4-9 Jan ice storm was 5 cm thick:
18-14 cm: coarse granular snow/ice, half counts as ice lens.
14-11 cm: clear ice.
Snow under the ice lens was 11 cm thick:
11-0 cm: coarse granular snow.
Vegetation on the ground was Grasses. . Ground was unfrozen.
The snowpack held (regression estimate from measurements) 83 L of
water/sq m.
HABITAT CLASSIFICATION: 0% canopy cover, 0% conifers in canopy, 0%
Cedars in canopy, 0% deciduous trees in canopy, 0% Sugar Maples in
canopy. The site is an oldfield
188) (same location) TIME: 1739-1750. 98/053/b, snow profile
(snow profile) (inorganic). natural history, survey. wide area of ROW W
of Highway. ====================================
Data from snowpack fields for site OB 53
====================================
LANDFORM: plain/ flat
surface 10% covered by leaves of herbs . Human impact on the site
consisted of haying across fence in fields.
SNOWPACK:
There was 6 cm of snow above the ice lens:
30-24 cm: coarse granular snow.
The ice lens from the 4-9 Jan ice storm was 4 cm thick:
24-20 cm: hard white and clear ice, big granules frozen solidly
together.
Snow under the ice lens was 20 cm thick:
20-0 cm: coarse granular snow.
Vegetation on the ground was Grasses. . Ground was unfrozen.
The snowpack held (regression estimate from measurements) 81 L of
water/sq m.
HABITAT CLASSIFICATION: 0% canopy cover, 0% conifers in canopy, 0%
Cedars in canopy, 0% deciduous trees in canopy, 0% Sugar Maples in
canopy. The site is an oldfield
30 July 1998
moved 11.6 km SE.
189) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Tay Canal@Last Duel
Park. UTM 18TVE 20.9 723.2 44.89956N 76.23976W. TIME: 1055. AIR
TEMP: 21 ca, overcast, breezy. ROUTE: narrow old canal/urban park/narrow
marshy shore. OBSERVER: Aleta Karstad Schueler, Jennifer Helene
Schueler, Bev Wigney. 98/188/a, departure (departure) (event).
natural history, canoe. WAYPT/A 50, by canoe, upstream, downwind with
light breeze. AKS & JHS in Bev Wigney's new canoe, with Tola Cooper,
male friend Robin (surname unknown), Janice Dowling & male friend (name
unknown) in an RVCA canoe, downstream along the Tay Canal towards the
Tay Marsh, while FWS drives to all the bridges over the Tay River
between Perth and Christie Lake that he didn't visit last year.
As we set out we pass masses of submerged pondweed, with leaves that
touch the surface, trapping tiny plants of duckweed.
Burreed, Sparganium (Bur-reed), along the right bank show spiky
green fruiting balls on thick curly stems among tall green leaves, like
Cattails, but with a strong mid-vein. I called it Bullrush when asked
by one of the paddlers in the RVCA canoe, and the correct name,
"Burreed" only came to me half an hour later.
A bank-border of Hybrid Cattails, Typha glauca, which we see a
little later, is taller than the Burreed, and holds many chestnut-brown
seedheads high among the tips of its leaves.
The feathery leaves of loose masses of cf Coontail, nudged by our
paddles, are blurry, clotted with fine olive algae.
Passing the mowed lawns of a park, we admired the pink cumulus tops of
Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium maculatum (Spotted Joe Pye Weed), in
bloom along the bank, invaded by scattered spires of Purple Loosestrife
in vivid magenta.
moved 0.3 km E.
190) Tay Canal/0.3 km E Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 23.9 722.9
44.89930N 76.23592W. TIME: 1104. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
narrow old canal/campground/narrow marshy shore. 98/188/b, visit
() (event). canoe. WAYPT/A 51, paddling steadily along canal.
Campground with quiet trailers and a few groups of contented mid-week
campers - an idyllic riverside holiday spot. Here we pass our first
blooming waterlily, Nymphaea cf odorata (Fragrant White
Water-lily), poised like a single ballerina, white pointy petals poised
above the broad green dapples of the lily pads. We cruise over masses
of submerged pondweed along the right bank while the boat channel is
dark and deep on our left.
Sensitive Fern, Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern), nestles into
the banks below candelabras of loosestrife bordering a field on our
right, and the left bank is lined with Ash trees and Manitoba Maples,
Acer negundo (Manitoba Maple).
moved 0.6 km SE.
191) N.Elmsley: Tay Canal/0.8 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE
28.5 719.7 44.89651N 76.23004W. TIME: 1113. AIR TEMP: 21 ca,
overcast. HABITAT: tree-lined narrow old canal. 98/188/c, Acer
saccharinum (Silver Maple) (Plant). 8-10 canoe. WAYPT/A 52,
continuing past low root & rock-bound muddy banks. These tall Silver
Maples stand above their reflections, lacing the rocky bank together
with their roots at the edge of a field, and we enter a straight
stretch. Bev says it used to be overarched here from the right bank,
but we see the round yellow wounds of many stumps facing out toward the
river - large ones and clusters of small ones that have all been cut
since the ice storm made them lean too far out into the boating channel.
These were trees and bushes that shaded the channel, leaning over,
draped with grapevines and bittersweet, offering stable handholds for
canoeists against the tip and wash of the wakes of motorboats traveling
a little faster than they should, bowers for creekside birds and their
nests, and sheltered lurking places for muskrats.
Now that much of the overhang has been cleared we can see clearly the
wake-lapped grottoes among rocks and roots, and the way the tree roots
seem to turn and shelve several centimetres above the water level,
leaving wave-space' beneath. The trees on the left bank stand
straight, trained not to lean by many years of being trimmed away from
boat traffic. This is not a heavily used stretch of the Tay River, and
only a few boats pass us as we paddle here today.
Grapevines with bright green clusters of young fruit curtain down from
Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn), and
Viburnum bushes. The dark-leaved Buckthorns themselves bear
small green berry clusters all along their stems, while Highbush
Cranberry's blushing fruit hang in long-stemmed bunches and Prickly Ash
with frond-like leaves have their short-thorned stems strung with tufts
of tiny, dry, two-part fruits, looking like brownish-red pompoms as we
glide past. There is not much in the way of aquatic vegetation here -
the river's like a canal between wake-lapped, root-bound banks.
moved 0.4 km SE.
192) Tay Canal/1.2 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 31.6 716.9
44.89404N 76.22605W. TIME: 1128. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
marshy/waterlily lagoon off narrow old canal. 98/188/d, Ardea
herodias (Great Blue Heron) (Bird). adult, canoe, video. WAYPT/A
53, flew across lagoon & landed on snag. A lagoon opens to our right, a
field of lily pads in a constellation of white blooms, with a few
yellow here and there. The Heron flies across the narrow end, landing
in silouette on a tall angular snag.
We pass a little island by the Cattail-lined shore on our return,
resplendent with orange-blossomed Impatiens capensis (Spotted
Jewelweed), rising up from a flotilla of Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
(European Frogbit), with its miniature lilypads and small white blooms.
Near the mouth of the lagoon, mats of algae float among the large
round lily pads.
193) (same location) TIME: 1135ca. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
rocky bank of tree-lined narrow old canal. 98/188/e, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 55 shell, prey of
predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. WAYPT/A 53, small pairs. Back
into the main channel, (location "d") we poke along the left bank which
is rockier than the right, and find open clam shells gleaming from the
bottom among stones and Ash tree roots, marking the location of a
Muskrat lunch table just above. These clams are all Elliptios, with
smooth chestnut brown outsides, a straight-edge, rectangular shape, and
pearly insides in various stages of fading from the rich purple of the
freshly opened shell. Muskrats open clams by bringing them up on
shore, leaving them until they gape in the, then prying the shells apart
to eat the meat.
As we continue upstream, a narrow line of trees on our right screen a
backwater that parallels the main channel. They have grown up along
the old ridge of dredging spoil, brought up when the channel was
deepened, and their roots help to stabilize it. A Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus (Red Squirrel) chatters from the woods bordering the
backwater.
moved 0.6 km ESE.
194) Tay Canal/1.9 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 37.6 715.2
44.89263N 76.21838W. TIME: 1214. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
marshy bank of tree-lined narrow old canal. 98/188/f,
(not listed) (entomological). 1 adult, canoe, video. WAYPT/A 54, in
cluster of Typha, with no web. Farther along, clusters of Cattails
stand out from the right bank, and on one tall flat leaf I notice a long
dark shape which I take to be the cast skin of a mayfly nymph - but what
I thought were cerci of its tail are the long straight forelegs of a
large narrow spider, in what seemed to me a very un-spider-like posture.
Its abdomen is long and narrow too, and turned up slightly at its
pointed tip. It carries its prodigious jaws folded like little arms,
with elbows sticking out to the sides.
The banks of the Tay are becoming more natural, and the channel more
winding. We hear a boat coming slowly and ahead of it a Great Blue
Heron comes flapping, close past us. (Video)
moved 0.8 km E.
195) Tay Canal/2.7 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 45.9 713.5
44.89120N 76.20792W. TIME: 1245. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
winding marshy channel of old canal. 98/188/ga, Zosterella dubia
(Mud Plantain) (Plant). herb, in bloom, canoe. WAYPT/A 55, floating
mats in deep(>1 m water), 75% coverage. Masses of this fine-leaved
water plant, Water Stargrass, with short, strap-like leaves raise
five-petalled yellow stars above the water of the main channel.
Small olive-coloured Damselflies flutter and drift mothlike downwind
ahead of us. One or two land on our shirts, and one follows beside the
canoe. The left bank becomes a low wall of crushed rock with cairns of
stacked limestone slabs marking certain distances,
196) (same location) TIME: 1245. 98/188/gb, Pandion haliaetus
(Osprey) (Bird). 1 adult, seen. WAYPT/A 55, flies directly overhead.
Craning our necks, we can make out the white wrist band marks beneath
white wings. Ospreys remind me of Eagles - great fishing birds of
prey. They are making a comeback since the banning of DDT, which had
weakened the shells of their eggs. A female-plumaged Cardinalis
cardinalis (Cardinal) flies up to perch atop a snag by the
shore.
moved 1.1 km E.
197) Tay Canal/3.7 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 56.6 715.4
44.89302N 76.19435W. TIME: 1311. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
narrow old canal mouth, bushy/marshy bank/homesite. 98/188/ha,
Tachycineta bicolor (Tree Swallow) (Bird). 2-5 adult, canoe.
WAYPT/A 56, scissor the air above the channel. Tree Swallows blunt
tails, dark backs and white breasts. A Kingfisher, Ceryle alceon
(Belted Kingfisher), clatters a call and swoops up like an arrow to an
overarching bough.
We pass a charming stone house and garden - the old Lockmaster's House,
with hardened shore. A short space later we paddled by a family fishing
on a point and found ourselves in vast cattail marshes and a big space
of open water - Tay Marsh, and time to turn around.
198) (same location) TIME: 1311. 98/188/hb, Elliptio complanata
(Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 14 shell, prey of predator, Muskrat shell
pile, specimen. WAYPT/A 56, 8 pairs, 6 valves, all old, pile
submerged.
199) (same location) TIME: 1320. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast, light rain.
98/188/hm, Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 2
adult, bask, pencil. WAYPT/A 56, in garden of lockmaster's house. On
our way back we stopped by the canoe of members of our party who were
visiting two very large Water Snakes, coiled comfortably together on the
river wall at the foot of the stone house garden. We watched the
snakes and the snakes watched us, and when the first canoe left, we
pulled close and I did a pencil sketch. Then it began to rain a little
and we paddled back without stopping or taking further notes.
moved 0.4 km W.
200) Tay Canal/3.3 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 52.9 716
44.89350N 76.19906W. TIME: 1353. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
rocky shore of tree-lined narrow old canal. EOBM(MOLL)00784, 98/188/i,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 135 shell,
adult, prey of predator, specimen. WAYPT/A 57, 9 pairs, 3 valves,
largest 71 mm. A big midden under water by flat limestone slab at
cairn. Pile under overhanging tree, ca 1 m in diameter, in shallow
water.
Another sample with this number has 115 pairs, 3 alive, and 5 valves.
-- March 2006.
moved 3.3 km W.
201) Perth: Tay Canal@Last Duel Park. UTM 18TVE 20.9 722.8
44.89921N 76.23977W. TIME: 1509. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT:
narrow old canal/urban park/narrow marshy shore. 98/188/j,
arrival () (event). natural history, canoe. WAYPT/A 58, return
to starting point. We had a light headwind and spattering of rain under
lowering skies as we returned, JHS covered herself in the bow as AKS
paddled amidships, and the sleek kevlar craft sped back to the
landing.
moved 1.5 km W.
202) Tay R@Perth Golf Club Road. UTM 18TVE 6.3 720.9 44.89726N
76.25812W. TIME: 1115-1146. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT: rocky
stream through marsh, Elm/Oak golf/urban pkland. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 98/184/ba, Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)
(herp). 1 adult, seen, bask. WAYPT/088, ca 800 mm TL ad on bridge
abutment, reddish colour. This individual was positioned as if it were
basking, but there's no sunlight available.
203) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bb, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). several adult, seen. large ads close
to shore.
204) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bc, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). several juvenile, seen. small juvs on shore.
205) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bd, Columba livia
(Rock Pigeon) (Bird). 20 ca adult, egg, nest, seen. nesting under.
bridge, 3-egg nest within hand reach. There's the usual litter of
droppings and eggshells on the bottom under the bridge, and at least one
nest was within easy reach as I climbed around under the bridge looking
for evidence of clams.
206) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/be, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). common adult, seen.
alage-darkened large ads dotting stones under bridge. NO:Dreissena
polymorpha noted, and NO:Orconectes under several stones turned.
Certainly there aren't a lot of Crayfish here, as the periphyton has an
ungrazed appearance, but the piled stones under the bridge provide a
multi-layer refuge.
207) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bf, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). present scat, seen. droppings on
rocks at waters edge. The lack of new piles of Unionid shells here is
in striking contrast to 1995, but I also stopped here once last year and
didn't see any new shells then.
208) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bg, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 6 shell, seen. small old
pairs, may date to 1995 piles.
209) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bh, Lampsilis
radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 1 shell, seen. small old
pair, may date to 1995 piles.
210) (same location) TIME: 1115-1146. 98/184/bi, Lampsilis cf
ovata () (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. light pair, freshest Unionid
shell found. It looks like Ondatra is no longer catching clams
here, and with overcast and high water level (though this may be
regulated) there's no way of finding clams beyond the rocks piled around
the bridge.
moved 1.6 km WNW.
211) Bathurst: Co Road 6/Tay River tributary, 2 km W Perth. UTM
18TUE 990.7 725.8 44.90147N 76.27805W. TIME: 1203. AIR TEMP: 21 ca,
overcast. HABITAT: slow deep brownwater creek, Lythrum/Typha pasture.
98/185/a, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/089,
water too deep & brown to search for Unionidae.
moved 3.4 km SW.
212) Tay R@Glen Tay bridge. UTM 18TUE 969.8 698.4 44.87651N
76.30397W. TIME: 1215. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. HABITAT: clear river,
low weirs, limestone bedrock/sand bottom, in village. 98/185/b,
visit () (event). natural history, wade. WAYPT/090, water too
high to search for Unionidae. The place to hunt for clams here is
upstream of the riffles that pass under the bridge, above the old mill
dam.
moved 1.2 km SE.
213) Grant Crk/1.2 km SE Glen Tay. UTM 18TUE 979 691.2
44.87020N 76.29213W. TIME: 1232-1308. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast.
HABITAT: clear rock-bottom creek below Beaver dam. 98/186/,
datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history, wade. WAYPT/091.
This visit for EOBM Unionid survey. DATASHEET SUMMARY: Land ownership
is private. The locality is based on road map global positioning (#91).
The recorded time was Eastern Daylight. The diel period was midday.
The sky was overcast, sun obscured. Precipitation was a trace of
light rain. The wind was breeze, Beaufort 2-3 Force from the W.
Weather for the past 48 hr was seasonally normal temperatures
unseasonably wet. The site was on plain. Bedrock was not exposed.
Soil moisture was at field capacity. The terrestrial vegetation was
coniferous deciduous (Thuja/Populus) forest with severe icestorm damage.
Human impact on the site included pasturing (ca 15 yr ago), currently
scattered residences.
Site wetlands were limited to marhy banks of creek. Development stage
of Typha glauca, was nearly mature seedheads. Water at the site
was permanent natural brook/ creek. Water level was high. The bottom
was boulders cobbles gravel sand mud branches and logs. Water quality
was clear. Spaces under rocks were clear of sediment gravelly. Water
movement was medium fast. I worked the creek from just below the bridge
to about 70 m below a Beaver dam (seemingly enhanced by human-piled
rocks, and a boat) that impounds it upstream of the bridge. WIDTH: 8-10
m MAX. DEPTH: 1 m DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-1 m. Dominant aquatic plants were
floating-leaved Potamogeton (Pondweed) --- 90% cover above
bridge, and many other species. Capture was by hand. Cover checked
included flat rocks round rocks.
214) (same location) TIME: 1232-1308. 98/186/a, Rana cf
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). few adult, seen, heard. 1 large ad,
and calls of juves jumping into water. None seen clearly.
215) (same location) TIME: 1232-1308. EOBM(MOLL)00783, 98/186/b,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 9/common
adult, shell, specimen, seen. 9 pairs, largest 76.4 mm, & many living
above bridge. Only purple-nacred shells kept, older ones discarded. No
other Unionids seen.
216) (same location) TIME: 1232-1308. OBSERVER: Frederick W.Schueler.
98/186/c, Orconectes cf rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) (Crayfish). 2
adult, specimen. sluggish, under. stones, the only Crayfish seen. To
OFAH RUSTY CRAYFISH DATABASE (March 2007):PROBABLE (examine specimen)
217) (same location) TIME: 1232-1308. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler.
98/186/d, Lymnaea stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) (Mollusca). 2
shell, specimen. probably washed down from Beaver pond above.
218) (same location) TIME: 1232-1308. 98/186/e, Sphaeriidae (not
listed) (Mollusca). few shell, specimen. probably washed down from
Beaver pond above. Many of these on the bottom, but only a few picked
up with the Elliptios.
moved 2.1 km WSW.
219) Tay R/Bowles Side Road, 1.9 km SSW Glen Tay. UTM 18TUE
960.8 681.4 44.86107N 76.31503W. TIME: 1326-1408. AIR TEMP: 21 ca,
overcast, light rain. HABITAT: clear broken-rock river below fallen
dam/farm & woods. 98/185/ca, Rana clamitans (Green Frog) (herp).
2 juvenile, seen. WAYPT/092, small juvs on bank.
220) (same location) TIME: 1326-1408. 98/185/cb, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, seen. large ad buried
in silty muck below Decadon in backwater. Only the left hind foot and
the base of the tail was visible: this turtle was wedged right into the
muck of this bank, and only pulled the foot in a little when prodded
with a stick. Seen twice, at ca 1335 and 1400 hr, in the same
position.
221) (same location) TIME: 1326-1408. 98/185/cc, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 2 shell, captured. small
old pairs, not kept. Between the terrific volume of clear but turbulent
water, and the coarse pale broken rocks making upo the bottom, it's very
hard to look for Unionids here. I suspect that these shells may have
come from upstream. above the old mill dam, but getting past the dam
will require lower water levels.
222) (same location) TIME: 1326-1408. 98/185/cd, Ligumia recta
(Black Sand-Shell) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. old eroded valve.
223) (same location) TIME: 1326-1408. 98/185/ce, cf Lasmigona
costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. old eroded
hinge fragment.
moved 4.1 km SW.
224) Tay R/1.5 km SE Dewitt Corners. UTM 18TUE 931.6 652.8
44.83493N 76.35137W. TIME: 1423. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, light rain, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: slow clear river, bed streaming with Green Algae.
98/185/d, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/093,
implausible to seek Unionidae with high water & rain.
moved 1.2 km NE.
225) Tay R/Noonan Side Road, 1.9 km E Dewitt Corn. UTM 18TUE
940.4 660.8 44.84221N 76.34032W. TIME: 1439. AIR TEMP: 21 ca,
overcast. HABITAT: bouldery rapids in clear roiver below old mills.
98/185/e, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/094,
can't seek Unionidae, but with quite mature forest. The woods here
contain
LIST: Fagus,
Tilia,
Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow Birch),
Acer
saccharum (Sugar Maple),
Thuja occidentalis (Eastern
White Cedar).
moved 3.1 km SW.
226) Tay R/Con Road 2, 2.1 km SSW Dewitt Corners. UTM 18TUE
914.2 643.9 44.82664N 76.37316W. TIME: 1451-1520. AIR TEMP: 21 ca,
overcast. HABITAT: clear sand/gravel/boulder bed river. 98/187/aa,
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 nest nest, prey
of predator, seen, specimen. WAYPT/095, big nest opened at SE corner of
bridge. Shell fragments from Unionid sample.
227) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. OBSERVER: Frederick W.Schueler.
98/187/ab, Orconectes rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) (Crayfish). 1
adult, dead, specimen. the only Crayfish seen, despite turning sev
stones. To OFAH RUSTY CRAYFISH DATABASE (March 2007):CONFIRMED
228) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler.
EOBM(MOLL)01427, 98/187/ac, Elliptio complanata (Eastern
Elliptio) (Mollusca). 4/abundant adult, shell, specimen. many alive, few
recently dead, 4 pairs, largest 80 mm picked up. Only shells collected.
This is the best place I've seen for clams today.
229) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. EOBM(MOLL)01425, 98/187/ad,
Ligumia recta (Black Sand-Shell) (Mollusca). 2+1 adult, shell,
specimen. 2 old eroded pairs, larger 136 mm, 1 larger alive.
230) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. EOBM(MOLL)01424, 98/187/ae,
Lampsilis (Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. 2 old
light pairs, lgr 127 mm.
231) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. EOBM(MOLL)01423, 98/187/af,
Strophitus undulatus (Squaw-Foot) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen.
light 69 mm pair.
232) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. EOBM(MOLL)01426, 98/187/ag,
Lasmigona costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen.
old 100 mm pair, smaller hinge fragment. Both very coarsely corrugated.
233) (same location) TIME: 1451-1520. 98/187/ah, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. not
abundant, old shell picked up, not saved.
moved 2.2 km NNE.
234) Dewitt Corners. UTM 18TUE 922.1 664.2 44.84500N 76.36352W.
TIME: 1527. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, overcast. WAYPT/096, reference
(cartigraphic reference) (event). natural history, drive. WAYPT/096,
co-ords not used, site already in gazetteer.
30 July 1999
moved 14.1 km W.
235) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Fall River@Maberley bridge.
31C/15, UTM 18TUE 781 657.4 44.83661N 76.54190W. TIME: 1420-1436. AIR
TEMP: 31 ca, cloudy, breezy. HABITAT: clear rock/sand creek in village.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. EOBM(MOLL)01549, 99/136/da, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3/common adult, shell,
specimen. WAYPT/025, 2 alive, 1 old valve, largest 82.5 mm. Common but
not abundant under and near the bridge; no predators' shell piles.
Generally very stout in shape; salmony/purple nacre.
236) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. EOBM(MOLL)01550, 99/136/db,
Pyganodon grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 1 adult, specimen.
elongate, brown, 105 mm, under bridge, nodular beak sculpture. Heavy
white-nacre shell.
237) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. 99/136/dc, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). common adult, seen, under cover. many
under rocks, some quite large.
238) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. 99/136/dd, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). 1 adult, seen, active. in stream, no
shell piles noted.
239) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. 99/136/de, Campeloma
decisum (Brown Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). common adult, seen. in
sand, leaving Elliptio-like tracks.
240) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. 99/136/df, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). common adult, seen.
noted, not abundant.
241) (same location) TIME: 1420-1436. 99/136/dg, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). few juvs, seen. noted.
14 August 1999
moved 19.7 km ENE.
242) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay River, 0.4 km ENE Glen
Tay. 31C/16, UTM 18T 973.7 700.6 44.87853N 76.29907W. TIME: 1153.
AIR TEMP: 20 ca, light overcast, breezy. HABITAT: slow clear river with
grazed shore. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Jennifer Helene Schueler,
EOBM field trip party. 99/141/b, Mollusca () (Mollusca). shell,
drift, specimen. WAYPT/034, floating drift.
moved 0.8 km NNE.
243) Tay River, 1.2 km NE Glen Tay. UTM 18T 977.3 707.9
44.88517N 76.29466W. TIME: 1236. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, light overcast,
breezy. HABITAT: grazed mixed Sugar Maple woods along slow clear river.
99/141/ca, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). many juvenile,
seen. WAYPT/035, many juvs on shore.
244) (same location) TIME: 1236. 99/141/cb, Carpinus caroliniana
(Blue Beech) (Plant). 1 tree, seen. scraggly 8 cm DBH tree.
245) (same location) TIME: 1236. 99/141/cc, Ostrya virginiana
(Hop-Hornbeam) (Plant). 1 tree, seen. scraggly 10 cm DBH tree.
moved 0.2 km SW.
246) Tay River, 1.1 km NE Glen Tay. UTM 18T 975.9 707 44.88431N
76.29637W. TIME: 1338. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, light overcast, breezy.
HABITAT: marshy shore of slow clear river. 99/141/da, Ligumia
recta (Black Sand-Shell) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. WAYPT/036,
very eroded old 140 mm pair.
247) (same location) TIME: 1338. 99/141/db, Lampsilis
(Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. fresh 85 mm valve & old
smaller valve.
248) (same location) TIME: 1338. 99/141/dc, Elliptio complanata
(Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 6 shell, specimen. all old 7 eroded, 2
pairs, 2 valves, 2 fragments, largest 110 mm.
moved 1.1 km SW.
249) Bathurst: Glen Tay@Tay River bridge. UTM 18TUE 969.8 698.4
44.87651N 76.30397W. TIME: 1500-1520. AIR TEMP: 20, light overcast,
breezy. HABITAT: marshy shore of slow clear river. 99/141/fa, Nerodia
sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 4-6 adult, seen, bask. large
FF basking on island below bridge & on hardened shore.
250) (same location) TIME: 1500-1520. 99/141/fb, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. fairly
fresh 61 mm pair.
19 January 2000
moved 24.9 km S.
251) : : : Highway 15/42, Crosby. 31C/9, UTM 18T 2.9 451.6
44.65483N 76.25718W. TIME: 1650. AIR TEMP: -12 ca, sunny. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler, Andrea Howard, Vicki Stevenson. WAYPT/130,
reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive.
WAYPT/130.
9 June 2000
moved 14.2 km N.
252) : : : . 31C/16, UTM 18T 24.4 591.5 44.78105N 76.23270W.
TIME: 1219. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. WAYPT/A 002, ()
(). . WAYPT/A 002.
moved 1.0 km SW.
253) . UTM 18T 17.1 584.5 44.77465N 76.24182W. TIME: 1241.
WAYPT/A 003, () (). . WAYPT/A 003.
moved 0.8 km SSW.
254) . UTM 18T 12.9 578.3 44.76901N 76.24705W. TIME: 1246.
WAYPT/A 004, () (). . WAYPT/A 004.
moved 0.6 km WSW.
255) . UTM 18T 6.8 576.9 44.76771N 76.25475W. TIME: 1307.
WAYPT/A 005, () (). . WAYPT/A 005.
moved 0.5 km NE.
256) . UTM 18T 10.5 580.1 44.77066N 76.25014W. TIME: 1334.
WAYPT/A 006, () (). . WAYPT/A 006.
moved 0.2 km NNE.
257) . UTM 18T 11 582.4 44.77274N 76.24954W. TIME: 1414.
WAYPT/A 007, () (). . WAYPT/A 007.
moved 0.1 km WNW.
258) . UTM 18T 10.2 582.8 44.77302N 76.25051W. TIME: 1443.
WAYPT/A 008, () (). . WAYPT/A 008.
moved 10.5 km NNE.
259) . UTM 18T 58.8 675.9 44.85748N 76.19089W. TIME: 1727.
WAYPT/A 009, () (). . WAYPT/A 009.
30 December 2000
moved 22.0 km WNW.
260) : : : . UTM 18TVE 876 799.8 44.96637N 76.42496W. TIME:
1604. OBSERVER: . WAYPT/A 173, () (). . WAYPT/A 173.
moved 0.0 km NNE.
261) . UTM 18TVE 876 799.9 44.96640N 76.42494W. TIME: 1604.
WAYPT/A 174, () (). . WAYPT/A 174.
3 May 2001
moved 25.2 km ESE.
262) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Elmsley North: Highway 43/Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE17 113 714 44.89249N 76.12293W. TIME: 1144. AIR
TEMP: 27 ca, sunny, windy. HABITAT: Tay River backwater pond N of
highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Aleta Karstad Schueler. FWS/2001/May/003, Ondatra zibethicus
(Muskrat) (Mammal). 1 adult, DOR, drive. WAYPT/K 076, 1 small DOR
Ondatra. Another pond E of Port Elmsley should be listened at as
well.
moved 4.3 km WNW.
263) Highway 43, 4.5 km WNW Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE07 71 725
44.90186N 76.17631W. TIME: 1148ca. AIR TEMP: 27 ca, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: brushy oldfields on rolling ground. WAYPT/K 075,
reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/K 075,
obvious Chorus Frog habitat.
moved 5.8 km W.
264) Perth: Tay River, Perth City Park. UTM 18TVE 12.6 721
44.89748N 76.25015W. TIME: 1159-1235. AIR TEMP: 29.5, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: rocky river/urban park & residential, riffles & deep water
below canal-weir, water 19.5 C. EOBM(MOLL)01490, FWS/2001/May/002/a,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 13/abundant
shell, adult, prey of predator, Muskrat shell pile, specimen. WAYPT/A
002, 10 pairs, 3 valves, most small, largest 113.5 mm. Few alive;
abundant in predators' shell pile, most shells old, fresher ones
preferentially collected.
265) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. EOBM(MOLL)01491,
FWS/2001/May/002/aa, Strophitus undulatus (Squaw-Foot)
(Mollusca). 1 shell, adult, prey of predator, Muskrat shell pile,
specimen. hinge fragment of large shell. Initially thought to be
Alasmidonta marginata (Elktoe), but hinge morphology and
posterior shape argue against this.
266) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. EOBM(MOLL)01489,
FWS/2001/May/002/b, Lampsilis radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel)
(Mollusca). 21/common shell, adult, prey of predator, Muskrat shell
pile, specimen. 11 pairs, 9 valves, 1 fragment, elongate, largest 99
mm,. With narrow dark rays. Many in predators' shell pile, most shells
old, fresh ones prefreentially collected. Most of these have narrow
dark green rays, few male-like shells, unlike any Lampsilis
(Lamp-Mussel) I've seen in the Tay above the dams - and below Perth
Aleta found only Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio)!
267) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. FWS/2001/May/002/c, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). few shell, adult,
specimen. few shells and animals, not abundant here.
268) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. EOBM(MOLL)01492,
FWS/2001/May/002/d, Lasmigona costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca).
1 shell, specimen. deeply corrugated 93 mm fresh pair in riffle below
weir.
269) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. FWS/2001/May/002/e, Orconectes
virilis (Northern Crayfish) (Crayfish). 2 adult, dead, found dead.
inc. 1 38.6 mm Form II M , with abdominal flesh wasted away. Specimens
not saved, and no stones turned to look for Crayfish.
270) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. FWS/2001/May/002/f, Nerodia
sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen, active. ca 65
cm ad in shallow water among Rana catesbeiana.
271) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. FWS/2001/May/002/g, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). several adult, seen, active.
medium-sized ads & small juvs. 1 ca 100 mm SVL, very pale yellow green
M, in shallows near Sternotherus, also many others about this size, and
numerous juveniles; but not looked at closely, so some may have been
Green Frogs.
272) (same location) TIME: 1159-1235. FWS/2001/May/002/h,
Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) (herp). 1 adult, male, active,
captured, photo. at waters edge, PL 81.3 mm, leeches, plastral scute
eroded. . . . in mucky Acer platinoides & other Acer leaf litter
just upstream of heavily bouldered walled bank, below house lawn and
above deep water. It seemed to be just at water's surface when
disturbed, grabbed by hand. Male by cloaca position, post-cloacal tail
only 15 mm, not aggressive to handling, but not reclusive in the shell
either.
2 clusters of ca 100 tiny Leeches at base of each hind leg (perhaps
gradually falling off as we hold the Turtle out of water), and one
larger (2 cm contracted) gold & dark patterned Leech on shell.
Measurements: PL 81.3 mm, CL: 166.8, max CW 72.8 mm, PW ant of bridge
36.2, post of bridge 30.25 mm, algae on carapace, plastron & bridge
scutes eroded away to pink bone along midline and sutures. AKS photos.
273) (same location) TIME: 1400. AIR TEMP: 29.5, sunny, windy.
FWS/2001/May/002/i, Mollusca () (Mollusca). shell, dead,
specimen. mixed shelly rubble from bottom of river. Just as we left I
scooped up some bottom rubble from tributary branch here most are very
old shells, dominated by Sphaeriids - the absence of Bithynia is
striking in comparison with Rideau.
7 May 2001
moved 10.0 km E.
274) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Elmsley North: Highway 43/Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE17 113 714 44.89249N 76.12293W. TIME: 2609-2615.
AIR TEMP: 12, clear, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Tay River backwater
pond N of highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2001/082/aa, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1-2 call, heard. WAYPT/K 076, 1-2
calling loudly but intermittantly, full Moon. Based on K 076 OHS 247149
LANA:Elmsley North:Hwy 43/Port Elmsley 18 VE 113714 20 Apr 1996,
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog): calling, WAYPT/015,
loud chorus FWS, AKS, JHS, KS
275) (same location) TIME: 2609-2615. 2001/082/ab, Bonasa
umbellus (Ruffed Grouse) (Bird). 1 call, heard. drumming, bright
full Moon.
276) (same location) TIME: 2609-2615. 2001/082/ac, Branta
canadensis (Canada Goose) (Bird). 1 call, heard. calling for a
while, bright full Moon.
27 May 2001
moved 10.3 km W.
277) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Perth. UTM 18TVE 10.6
725.7 44.90168N 76.25283W. TIME: 1500. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, sunny, cloudy,
breezy. HABITAT: city. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad
Schueler. 2001/093/c, Chaetura pelagica (Chimney Swift) (Bird).
several heard, drive. noted overhead.
moved 2.6 km WNW.
278) Highway 509/2.6 km WNW Perth. UTM 18TUE 988.9 739.8
44.91403N 76.28055W. TIME: 1509. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, sunny, cloudy,
breezy. HABITAT: Salix/Typha wetland near bridge. 2001/093/d,
Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, female, AOR,
captured. WAYPT/26 A, 145 mm PL, HEADING:ENE, faint smudgedplastral fig.
.
moved 16.4 km W.
279) Bathurst: 9.4 km WSW Fall R@Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE 824.3
739.4 44.91117N 76.48897W. TIME: 1651. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, sunny, cloudy,
breezy. HABITAT: mossy mixed woods/tiny brook. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 2001/093/e, Rana sylvatica (Wood Frog) (herp). 1
yearling, captured, active. WAYPT/027 A, unstriped, ashy, in tiny
brook.
moved 1.4 km NE.
280) Bennett Lake Rd/8.0 km WSW Fall R@Fallbrook. UTM 18TUE
834.8 748.6 44.91959N 76.47594W. TIME: 1654. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, sunny,
cloudy, breezy. HABITAT: knolly Shield-edge hayfields/residences.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2001/094/a,
Sciurus carolinensis (Grey Squirrel) (Mammal). 1 AOR, drive.
WAYPT/028 A, black pelage.
26 July 2001
moved 21.7 km E.
281) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Highway 43, 4 km ENE Perth.
UTM 18TVE 51.8 730.1 44.90619N 76.20071W. TIME: 1005. AIR TEMP: 19 ca.
HABITAT: roadside limestone barrens. OBSERVER: . 2001/139/b, Falco
spavarius (Kestrel) (Bird). 1 juvenile, DOR, specimen. WAYPT/024, M
plumage, picked up fresh, but flyblown bfr prep.
moved 28.0 km SW.
282) Bathurst: Damiano, 3.0 km ESE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE 826.7
564.2 44.75351N 76.48194W. TIME: 1046. AIR TEMP: 19, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: homestead on steeply-knolly Shield oldfields/woodland.
OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler.
WAYPT/025, arrival () (event). business, drive. WAYPT/025, for
FINH organizational meeting. This is Mike Nickerson's place, 10.9 km NW
Westport.
moved 0.1 km SE.
283) Damiano Pond, 3.1 km ESE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE 827.4
563.5 44.75292N 76.48109W. TIME: 1337. AIR TEMP: 19, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: 40 x 20 m recently excavated pond, steeply-knolly Shield
oldfields/2 nd growth woods. 2001/139/ca, Chrysemys picta
(Painted Turtle) (herp). 6 adult, seen, bask. WAYPT/026, smallish ads on
shoreline logs.
284) (same location) TIME: 1337. 2001/139/cb, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 2 adult, seen. small ads.
285) (same location) TIME: 1337. OBSERVER: Mike Nickerson --
communicated to: Frederick W. Schueler. 2001/139/cc, Nerodia
sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen. large ad said
to be around today.
286) (same location) TIME: 1337. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad,
& Jennifer H. Schueler, Mike Nickerson. 2001/139/cd, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). few adult, call, heard. few calls, no
tadpoles seen aft Lontra fed here last fall. There are NO:Unionidae
here, and few fish besides a few small Cyprinidae - and there's no
connection to outside waters, as the 10 x 50 m Potamogeton
(Pondweed) -weedy ditch that runs off from the pond doesn't lead
anywhere.
287) (same location) TIME: 1337. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad,
& Jennifer H. Schueler. 2001/139/ce, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog)
(herp). few adult, seen. few around pond.
moved 0.1 km NW.
288) Bathurst: Damiano, 3.0 km ESE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE 826.7
564.2 44.75351N 76.48194W. TIME: 1353. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: homestead on steeply-knolly Shield oldfields/woodland.
2001/139/cf, Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)
(entomological). 1 mature, seen. looks freshly emerged, on Asclepias
syriaca.
289) (same location) TIME: 1404. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunny, windy.
2001/139/cg, Elaphe obsoleta (Rat snake) (herp). 2 adult, shed,
seen. 2 ca 1.4 m shed skins in rafters of outhouse.
moved 3.0 km WNW.
290) Bolingbroke@intersection. 31C/15, UTM 18TUE 797.2 570.7
44.75891N 76.51937W. TIME: 1548. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, sunny, windy.
HABITAT: clear coarse cobble stream in steep valley in village.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. WAYPT/029,
reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive. WAYPT/029,
NO:Unionidae visible in Tay River here.
moved 2.7 km NE.
291) Tay R/Co Road 36. 31C/16, UTM 18TUE 816.3 589.9 44.77651N
76.49561W. TIME: 1551-1600. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, sunny, windy. HABITAT:
rocky brownwater river in Typha marsh. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta
Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler. EOBM(MOLL)01279, 2001/140/ba,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3/few adult,
shell, specimen. WAYPT/030, scattered shells at >1 m depth, 1 alive, 3
pairs taken. Largest 77 mm, live-taken one not found March 2006.
292) (same location) TIME: 1551-1600. 2001/140/bb, Orconectes
(Orconectes) (Crayfish). 1 adult, shell, seen. large ad, either O.
virilis or O. rusticus.
moved 10.2 km WSW.
293) Oso: Crowe Lake, Oso municipal beach. 31C/10, UTM 18TUE
726.6 542 44.73188N 76.60785W. TIME: 1617-1632. AIR TEMP: 20 ca,
sunny, windy. HABITAT: boatlaunch/pocket bathing beach, clear cottagey
sandy lake. OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H.
Schueler, +. 2001/141/aa, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp).
several yearling, seen. WAYPT/031, in 3 m band of vegetation between
water & woods.
294) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. 2001/141/ab, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. near dock.
295) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. 2001/141/ac, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. ca 90 mm ad near
dock.
296) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. EOBM(MOLL)01276, 2001/141/ad,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 6 shell,
specimen. few shells on bottom, largest 66 mm. 2 old pairs, 3 fresh
pairs, 1 fresh valve.
297) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. EOBM(MOLL)01277, 2001/141/ae,
Pyganodon grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 4 shell, specimen.
few shells on bottom, largest 93.5 mm, inflated shells. Beak sculpture
eroded away.
298) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. EOBM(MOLL)01278, 2001/141/af,
Viviparus georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 1/common
shell, specimen. shells in drift-some ads with periostracum eroded away.
These had the periostracum completely eroded away - yet they are still
alive. Only 1 21 mm shell collected.
299) (same location) TIME: 1617-1632. 2001/141/ag, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). 2 adult, seen, captured. small. 1
captured., very green, faint abdom. band, 1 carapace in drift.
moved 0.1 km NE.
300) Crowe Lake(settlement)@store. UTM 18TUE 727.2 542.5
44.73230N 76.60704W. TIME: 1711. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunny, windy.
OBSERVER: Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler.
WAYPT/032, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive.
WAYPT/032.
moved 0.2 km ENE.
301) Crowe L(settlement)@intersection. UTM 18TUE 729.1 543.1
44.73286N 76.60463W. TIME: 1712. AIR TEMP: 20 ca, sunny, windy.
WAYPT/033, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive.
WAYPT/033.
5 July 2002
moved 29.4 km N.
302) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Purden Cons. area, lower parking
area/9.7 km NE Elphin. 31C/15, UTM 18TUE 781.7 832 44.99380N
76.54520W. TIME: 1043. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, cloudy, breezy. HABITAT: mature
mixed forest. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler.
WAYPT/002 F, arrival () (event). natural history, drive.
WAYPT/002 F, no good notes from this visit. AIR_TEMP went from 23 ca,
CDY, BRZ to 23 ca, SNY, WDY in the course of the day.
moved 0.2 km SSW.
303) Purden Cons. Area, boardwalk/9.5 km NE Elphin. UTM 18TUE
781.3 830.3 44.99222N 76.54566W. TIME: 1129-. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, cloudy,
breezy. HABITAT: fen/Thuja swamp in mature mixed forest. 2002/169/d,
Cypripedium reginae (Showy Lady-Slipper) (Plant). abundant
herb.bloom, seen, oil. WAYPT/003 F, AKS painting of blooms, most past
peak bloom.
moved 5.8 km SE.
304) Co Road 12, E of Mc Donalds Corners. 31C/16, UTM 18TUE
822.8 789.8 44.95651N 76.49208W. TIME: 1603:17. AIR TEMP: 23 ca,
sunny, windy. HABITAT: small creek valley. 2002/169/e, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. WAYPT/004 F, PL
195 mm, long dead & dry.
19 January 2003
moved 12.7 km E.
305) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: . UTM 18TUE 949.9 780.8
44.95035N 76.33078W. TIME: 1605:32. AIR TEMP: -6 ca. OBSERVER:
Frederick W., Aleta Karstad, & Jennifer H. Schueler, Corey Wood.
WAYPT/026, () (). seen, driveby. WAYPT/026.
moved 6.6 km WNW.
306) . UTM 18T 887.6 801.5 44.96804N 76.41026W. TIME: 1611:26.
AIR TEMP: -6 ca. WAYPT/027, () (). seen, driveby.
WAYPT/027.
22 May 2003
moved 15.8 km ESE.
307) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Co Rds 11/10, 1.4 km SE
Perth. UTM 18T 20.1 715.2 44.89237N 76.24057W. TIME: 0929:46.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Jennifer Helene Schueler, Corey Wood.
WAYPT/058 F, reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). drive.
WAYPT/058 F, following directions to farm.
moved 4.1 km S.
308) Roblyn Eyre Farms/5.2 km S Perth. UTM 18T 15.1 674.4
44.85556N 76.24612W. TIME: 0937-1045. AIR TEMP: 12 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: mixed nursery/farm on rollong Shield-edge. 2003/073/e,
Corvus corax (Raven) (Bird). 2 adult, call, heard, seen.
WAYPT/059 F, heard overhead. Listened for Birds, while JHS dickered for
fowl. The wild Bird calls were mixed and confused by the vocalizations
of domestic Felis catus (Domestic Cat), Gallus,
Pavo, Meleagris, and Anser, but I did hear the
following meagre
LIST: Corvus brachyrhynchos
(Crow),
Sayonis phoebe,
Turdus
migratorius (Robin),
Agelaius phoenicius,
Cyanocitta cristata (Blue Jay),
Sturnus vulgaris
(Starling),
Parus atricapillus (Blackcap
Chickadee).
2005ca
moved 12.5 km WSW.
309) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: T 05, Tay R@#438 Althorpe
Rd(Pauline Clark). UTM 18TUE 895.8 637.3 44.82046N 76.39631W. AIR
TEMP: 24, sunny, Beaufort gentle breeze. HABITAT: slow sandy river
between lawn & swampy Red Maple shores. OBSERVER: Pauline Clark --
communicated to: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler.
2009/192/g, Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) (herp). 1 adult,
specimen. shell, 90 mm PL, fd on shore here ca 4 yrs before Aug 2009. .
. . when presented to AKS & FWS.
7 March 2006
moved 15.6 km S.
310) : : : . 31C/9, UTM 18TUE 894.5 481.8 44.68047N 76.39454W.
TIME: 0927. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. WAYPT/111, () ().
. WAYPT/111.
moved 1.3 km ENE.
311) . UTM 18TUE 907.4 484.9 44.68343N 76.37834W. TIME: 0934.
WAYPT/112, () (). . WAYPT/112.
moved 10.5 km ESE.
312) . UTM 18TVE 6.9 451.8 44.65509N 76.25219W. TIME: 1716.
WAYPT/113, () (). . WAYPT/113.
26 April 2006
moved 28.4 km NNE.
313) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay River
backwater@Hwy 43, Port Elmsley. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8
44.89321N 76.12252W. TIME: 2012-2029. AIR TEMP: 7, light overcast,
Beaufort gentle breeze. HABITAT: Tay River backwater behind highway,
Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Jennifer
Helene Schueler, Rory Tanner. 2006/074/eb, Pseudacris triseriata
(Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 2 call, heard. small chorus, trace
of rain.
314) (same location) TIME: 2043-2044. AIR TEMP: 7, light overcast,
Beaufort gentle breeze. 2006/074/ea, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring
Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus, trace of rain.
26 May 2006
315) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay River backwater@Hwy 43, Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N 76.12252W. TIME:
2125-2127. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast, calm. HABITAT: Tay River backwater
behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2006/091/fa, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few calling.
316) (same location) TIME: 2125-2127. 2006/091/fb, Hyla
versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog) (herp). index 3 call, heard.
huge surging chorus.
25 June 2006
317) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay River backwater@Hwy 43, Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N 76.12252W. TIME:
2141-2145. AIR TEMP: 22.5, clear, calm. HABITAT: Tay River backwater
behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2006/122/f, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few calling, water & traffic
noise. AIR_Temp while driving along at 21h39.
19 July 2006
moved 10.7 km W.
318) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Tay R@Perth Golf Club
Road. UTM 18TVE 6.3 720.9 44.89726N 76.25812W. TIME: 1131-1135.
HABITAT: rocky stream through marsh, Elm/Oak golf/urban pkland.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler, Jamie Proctor,
Ryan Hawke. 2006/155/b, visit () (event). natural history, seen.
water too deep and dark for Crayfish Camp survey.
moved 4.3 km WSW.
319) Bathurst: Tay R@Glen Tay bridge. UTM 18TUE 969.8 698.4
44.87651N 76.30397W. TIME: 1148-1300. AIR TEMP: 28, clear, Beaufort
light breeze. HABITAT: highwater clear river, low weirs, limestone
bedrock/sand bed, in village. OBSERVER: Frederick W.Schueler, Aleta
Karstad, Jamie Proctor, Ryan Hawke. 2006/155/c, visit () (event).
natural history, wade, dipnetted, ink drawing. water too high to search
for Crayfish, but FWS undaunted. Those who are familiar with the
crystal torrent of the Tay know that it usually runs torrentially in a
bed of deep-piled stone, making it hard to say how abundant Crayfish are
anywhere along its course. Naturally, with high water levels
everywhere, the Tay was as much higher as might be expected, which made
it even harder to catch stuff there than it is usually. But we
withstood the violence of the current to scoop a few Orconectes
propinquus and Orconectes rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) and what
look like hybrids out of the stream around the Water Snake Island at
Glen Tay. . .
DATASHEET SUMMARY (AKS 2006/013 a): Entered the stream at a road
right-of-way, with private land all around. The locality is based on
reference location. The diel period was midday. The sky was clear
with bright sun & no clouds. There was no precipitation. The wind
was breeze, Beaufort 2 Force, from the W. Weather for the past 48 hr
was unseasonably warm seasonally normal moisture.
The site was in/on shallow valley. Bedrock was exposed but not
examined (limestone/granite?). The terrestrial vegetation was
deciduous parkland (50% wooded). Human impact on the site included
surrounding lawn-village and a low boulder weir across river above
bridge. Site wetlands were absent, but there were riverine wetlands
upstream and a low island with Ash(?) trees in <>.
Water at the site was permanent natural river. Water level was high.
The bottom was bedrock boulders cobbles. Water quality was yellowish
& very clear. Spaces under rocks were clear of sediment. Water
movement was fast: ca 1.5 m/sec. WIDTH: 15 m LENGTH SAMPLED: 150 m MAX.
DEPTH: 1 m DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-60 cm. Water temperature 26 C, at 20 cm
depth, in river edge fast flow, 12h38. Dominant aquatic plants were
masses of floating Elodea canadensis (Canada Waterweed).
Capture was by hand & dipnet. Cover checked included flat & round
rocks. AKS sketch of the scene.
Orconectes -- the few we found seemed to be in optimal high velocity
rocks with a supply of Elodea -- none in the slower water below the
Nerodia Island. we withstood the violence of the current to scoop a few
Orconectes propinquus and Orconectes rusticus (Rusty
Crayfish) and what look like hybrids out of the stream around the Water
Snake Island at Glen Tay.
To OFAH RUSTY CRAYFISH DATABASE (March 2007):HYBRID? (examine specimen).
320) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Aleta Karstad Schueler, Jamie Proctor, Ryan Hawke. 2006/155/ca, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, male, seen. 12 cm SVL M in
shallow pond in centre of island. . . . below bridge. About 20 large
tadpoles in here thay may have been this species or Rana
clamitans (Green Frog).
321) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. 2006/155/cb, Nerodia
sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 1 adult, shed, specimen. shed
skin floating at water's edge. At island below bridge.
322) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. 2006/155/cc, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 egg, captured. egg found in
water, not saved.
323) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. 2006/155/cd, Elodea
canadensis (Canada Waterweed) (Plant). abundant herb, specimen. huge
amounts being swept downstream. and lodging against upstanding rocks
in the current.
324) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. 2006/155/ce, Sayornis
phoebe (Eastern Phoebe) (Bird). 1 call, adult, seen, heard. heard &
seen flitting.
325) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. OBSERVER: Frederick W.Schueler,
Aleta Karstad, Jamie Proctor, Ryan Hawke. 2006/155/cf, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). adult, under cover, dipnetted, specimen.
. . . . the few we found seemed to be in optimal high velocity rocks
with a supply of Elodea -- none in the slower water below the
Nerodia Island. We withstood the violence of the current to scoop a few
Orconectes propinquus and Orconectes rusticus (Rusty
Crayfish) and what look like hybrids out of the stream around the Water
Snake Island at Glen Tay
326) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Aleta Karstad Schueler, Jamie Proctor, Ryan Hawke. 2006/155/cg,
Lampsilis (Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. eroded 90
mm pair.
327) (same location) TIME: 1148-1300. 2006/155/ch, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 5+1 shell, specimen. 1
alive, under rocks, 5 pairs, largest 58 mm. Sample also included one
very eroded Campeloma, which was not saved.
moved 8.9 km SW.
328) Tay R/Co Road 6, 1.7 km ENE Christie Lake(settlement).
31C/16 T, UTM 18TUE 901.8 641 44.82386N 76.38878W. TIME:
1330. HABITAT: fast deep clear granite/boulder/gravel/muck river,
oldfield/fencerow shores. 2006/155/d, visit () (event). natural
history, seen. scouting for Crayfish Camp survey. This site looks as
good as it's possible to be, considering the high water level. From
here we set out to find public access to the south shore of Christie
Lake.
moved 9.5 km WSW.
329) : : : Tay R@Hanna Road boatlaunch, 3.2 km NE Bolingbroke.
31C/16, UTM 18TUE 821 591.5 44.77802N 76.48977W. TIME: 1335. HABITAT:
deep river in marshy valley, fine sand bed with narrow-leaved
macrophytes. 2006/155/f, visit () (event). natural history,
wade, dipnetted. WAYPT/044, for futile Crayfish Camp survey. Many ecom
shells, mostly decayed, some camp old shells, NO:Dreissena.
There's evidently no public access to the south shore of Christie Lake.
So we wound up here at a boatlaunch where the Tay enters the lake, and
where it's swampy banks flowing over fine sand, deep and fast, with
NO:Orconectes -- and no cover -- in sight.
moved 0.5 km WSW.
330) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay R/Co Road 36. UTM 18TUE
816.3 589.9 44.77651N 76.49561W. TIME: 1350. HABITAT: rocky
brownwater river in Typha marsh. 2006/155/e, visit () (event).
natural history, driveby. high murky water seems too deep for Crayfish
Camp survey. . . . but this may have been an unfortunate decision.
moved 2.3 km ENE.
331) Bathurst: Camp Opemikon, Mc Mannus Bay, 4.8 km ENE
Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE 838.1 596.6 44.78285N 76.46831W. TIME:
1445-1552. AIR TEMP: 26, sunny, hazy, calm. HABITAT: clearwater
mesotrphic lake@Scout camp, mixed woods on knolly Shield. 2006/155/g-h,
visit () (event). natural history, wade, dipnetted, drift.
search for Crayfish along heavily used camp beach. "Camp Opemikon is
owned and operated by Scouts Canada, Voyageur Council. . . . located on
the southern tip of Christie Lake, 100 km southwest of Ottawa. This
idyllic camp on more than 200 acres of rugged terrain, nestled among
three pristine lakes, provides the perfect Scouting adventure away from
busy roads and crowded cities: 530 Hanna Road, Westport ON K 0 G 1 X 0.
The Camp Director, Marilyn Johnson, can be contacted: By phone at
(613) 225-2770 ext 506; Toll-free at 1-888-726-8876, By e-mail at
"
Aleta brazenly proposed to ask permission to collect at this Scout camp.
This was granted, and we were led about by Richard Cowan (a camper here
in 1940 and on summer staff since 1943, and a full-time volunteer since
he retired in the 1980's), finding a diversity of frogs and a few
Unionids, but NO:Orconectes were evident. Intelligent-looking
counsellors (if that's what they're called at a Scout camp) said they
never saw Crayfish here, and one said he'd specifically searched for
Crayfish a few days before and hadn't found any.
332) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. AIR TEMP: 26, sunny, hazy, calm.
HABITAT: soft beah of clearwater mesotrophic lake@Scout camp, mixed
woods on knolly Shield. 2006/155/g, datasheet (datasheet)
(event). natural history, wade, dipnetted, drift. WAYPT/045, search for
Crayfish along heavily used camp beach. DATASHEET SUMMARY (AKS 2006/013
b): Land ownership is Scouts Canada. The locality is based on global
positioning (+/- 5 m). The diel period was midafternoon. The sky was
clear with hazy/bright sun. There was no precipitation. The wind was
calm. Weather for the past 48 hr was unseasonably warm seasonally
normal moisture, after wet early summer.
The site was beach on lakeshore in knolly Shield. Bedrock was
granitic. Upland substrate was organic soil (at surface). The
terrestrial vegetation was coniferous/deciduous forest. Human impact
on the site was a 68 yr recreation camp. Site wetlands were not
examined, though fringing emergents along the lake may have been a
wetland. Dominant plants here were: Scirpus, Sparganium
(Bur-reed) in fruit, Swamp Milkweed, Joepyeweed, few Lythrum
salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) with considerable Beetle damage.
Water at the site was permanent natural lake. Water level was
seasonally normal. The bottom was sand & muck, with areas of old
sawdust. Water quality was clear until roiled. Spaces under the few
rocks were clear of sediment. Water movement was still with ripples.
LENGTH SAMPLED: 100 m DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-80 cm. Water temperature ca
25 C (a guess). Dominant aquatic plants were diverse but not recorded.
Capture was by hand, dipnet, drift.
Dragonflies noted with black & white banded wings, with Gyrinid Beetles,
and other Insects not recorded.
333) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. HABITAT: soft beach of clearwater
mesotrophic lake@Scout camp, mixed woods on knolly Shield. 2006/155/ga,
Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 4 shell,
specimen. 2 pairs, 2 valves, largest 73 mm, 1 pair very short &
deep.
334) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/gb, Lampsilis
radiata (Eastern Lamp-Mussel) (Mollusca). 1 shell, captured. light
elongate eroded broken valve, not saved.
335) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/gc, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 8/abundant adult,
shell, captured. shells & ads, many alive. Sample contains blue rubbery
snake.
336) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/gd, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). many adult, juvenile, seen. many juvs & 1 F
seen.
337) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/ge, Gavia immer
(Common Loon) (Bird). 1 call, heard. calling briefly.
338) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/gf, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 call, heard. calling briefly.
339) (same location) TIME: 1500-1540. 2006/155/gg, Danaus
plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) (entomological). 1 mature, seen. 1
large ad noted.
moved 0.1 km E.
340) Camp Opemikon, Mc Mannus Bay, 4.9 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM
18TUE 839 596.5 44.78278N 76.46721W. TIME: 1540. AIR TEMP: 26, sunny,
hazy, calm. HABITAT: clearwater mesotrphic lake@Scout camp, mixed woods
on knolly Shield. 2006/155/i, Chelydra serpentina (Snapping
Turtle) (herp). 1 nest egg, prey of predator, seen. single nest dug up
by predator behind bathing beach.
moved 0.1 km E.
341) Camp Opemikon, Mc Mannus Bay, 5.0 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM
18TUE 839.8 596.4 44.78271N 76.46611W. TIME: 1545-1550. AIR TEMP: 26,
sunny, hazy, calm. HABITAT: clearwater mesotrphic lake@Scout camp, mixed
woods on knolly Shield. 2006/155/h, Mollusca () (Mollusca).
shell, drift, specimen. WAYPT/046, shells from along untended shore
between docks & canoes. Sample included a ca 12 cm TL Lepomis cf
macrochirus (Bluegill), which went to maggots after being frozen
with the sample (29 July).
342) (same location) TIME: 1545-1550. 2006/155/ha, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 11 shell, drift, specimen.
9 pairs, 1 valve, 1 fragment, largest 78 mm. Fr along untended shore
between docks & canoes.
343) (same location) TIME: 1545-1550. 2006/155/hb, Pyganodon
grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 3 shell, drift, specimen. 107
mm pair, 2 fragments, high-beaked inflated shape. Fr along untended
shore between docks & canoes.
moved 7.6 km NE.
344) Tay R/Co Road 6, 1.7 km ENE Christie Lake(settlement).
31C/16 T, UTM 18TUE 901.8 641 44.82386N 76.38878W. TIME:
1602-1702. AIR TEMP: 27, hazy, sunny, calm. HABITAT: fast deep clear
granite/boulder/gravel/muck river, oldfield/fencerow shores. 2006/156/a,
visit () (event). wade, dipnetted. WAYPT/047, for Crayfish Camp
survey. For the final station of the day, we retired to the County Road
6 bridge over the Tay -- as broad an expanse of rocks under clear water
as one could well imagine, ranging from drifts of bowling-ball-like
boulders grading down into gravel and then sand, to flat bedrock with
isolated clumps of rocks. There was a peculiar pinkish form of what
seems to be Vallisneria growing in cracks of the rocks, and a few
other clumps of current-swept vegetation. The current was spread out
over so large a cross-section that it wasn't too strong. We turned
rocks, and had the active assistance of Micropterus dolomeui in
corralling Orconectes propinquus -like Crayfish into our grasp or
nets (the Bass took a 25% finders fee). The one striking Unionid was a
very deeply corrugated 100 mm Lasmigona costata (Fluted Shell),
standing vertically among the rocks. It was a nuisance for the Crayfish
to make the ultimate sacrifice for Science (or Smallmouth), but idyllic
for us.
We also found a Chrysler vehicle ignition key among the rocks of the
bottom.
345) (same location) TIME: 1602-1702. 2006/156/aa, Vallisneria
americana (Water-celery) (Plant). specimen. pink-tinged foliage,
growing from cracks in rocks.
346) (same location) TIME: 1602-1702. 2006/156/ab, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). adult, shed, specimen. 1 dry broken up
shed skin.
347) (same location) TIME: 1602-1702. 2006/156/ac, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3 shell, specimen. 2
fresh, 1 old pairs, lgst(old)84 mm, heavy, heavy-tooth shells.
348) (same location) TIME: 1602-1702. 2006/156/ad, Pyganodon
(Floater) (Mollusca). 1+1 adult, shell, specimen. ca 75 mm alive, very
inflated shape, similar 55 mm pair with green. Parallel to growth
lines.
349) (same location) TIME: 1602-1702. 2006/156/ae, Lasmigona
costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 1 adult, seen. very deeply
corrugated, ca 100 mm, vertically among rocks.
7 September 2007
moved 13.1 km NE.
350) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Tay R@Perth Golf Club
Road. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE 6.3 720.9 44.89726N 76.25812W. TIME: 1316.
AIR TEMP: 31, sunny, Beaufort moderate breeze. HABITAT: rocky stream
through marsh, Elm/Oak golf/urban pkland. OBSERVER: . 2007/157/c,
visit () (event). natural history, seen. NO:Unionidae evident in
bright sunlight & clear water. There's a steady flow here, and the
entire bottom can be scanned. We'd need a canoe to really search for
Unionids here now. There's a brown-speckly duckweed in the bay NE of
the bridge, so there may be shell piles under this.
351) (same location) TIME: 1316. 2007/157/ca, Sciurus
carolinensis (Grey Squirrel) (Mammal). 1 adult, seen. black pelage,
in tree on W shore.
4 October 2007
moved 4.4 km ESE.
352) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km
ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.6 710.9 44.88891N 76.20314W. TIME: 1403.
AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm in yg
forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in Typha marsh. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Matt G. Keevil. 2007/185/b, arrival () (event).
business, nat.hist., drive. for meeting with Kristy Giles about SAR
habitat survey. Request for Price Quotation: An Assessment of Species
at Risk and Associated Habitat at Perth Wildlife Reserve Conservation
Area.
Description of Area: The Perth Wildlife Reserve (PWR), a 122.60 hectare
developed, RVCA day use conservation area includes an additional 113.37
hectares of Tay Marsh owned and operated by Rideau Valley Conservation
Authority (RVCA).
The Perth Wildlife Reserve is marginal farmland in natural ecological
succession. The topography is generally flat with slightly stony, well
drained to poorly drained sandy loam soils (D. W. Hoffman et al,
1967). Poor drainage is characteristic of much of the Reserve. The
landscape consists of several habitats including wetlands and
constructed ponds, open fields and small meadows, treed plantations,
reforested areas and vegetated fencerows.
The Tay Marsh -- a provincially significant marsh wetland in the Perth
area for wildlife, water quality protection and recreation, makes up a
large part of this Conservation Area. The Tay River and Jebbs Creek
runs adjacent to and through the reserve. Jebbs Creek drains Bobs,
Crow, Christie, Otty lakes into the Tay Marsh.
Description of Project: RVCA is undertaking a Species at Risk Education
and Demonstration Project at Perth Wildlife Reserve. The project will
include identification of Species at Risk, identification of habitat
ideal for species at risk, interpretive sign development, educational
brochure development and facility improvements to facilitate this
project.
Description of Work: In order to complete this project and initial
assessment must be completed of the area Species at Risk and associated
habitat. The two main components of the work to be completed during the
assessment will be: 1) To identify existing habitat related to
identified species at risk (Blanding's Turtle, Black Rat Snake,
Butternut, River Redhorse and Monarch Butterfly) and other related
species identified by COSEWIC and MNR. 2) To determine and identify
ideal habitat for species that have not yet been identified at the site
but could benefit from the development and management of that habitat.
Assessment Schedule: Work / Timeline / Species covered / Habitat
Identification.
Week 2 & 3 October: Blanding's Turtle / Black Ratsnake / River Redhorse
/ Monarch Butterfly / All other species identified by COSEWIC and MNR.
Habitat - Research Week 4 October Species not yet identified at PWR /
Logger Head Shrike / Least Bittern
Stink Pot Turtle / American Ginseng, etc.
All work must be completed by October 31, 2007. Data requirements: All
Information will become the property of RVCA and must include:
Identification of Species at Risk on Conservation Authority Lands.
Habitat identification related to Species at Risk on C. A. Lands UTM
Coordinates of species and/or their habitat based on NAD 83 Description
of species and/or their habitat Date and time of identification
Directions to location of identification
Quotation Details: Please provide price quote with an hourly rate
charge. Any additional associated costs to be outlines such as:
mileage, etc. Invoice template to be provided by RVCA.
Deadline: Please provide quotation by Wednesday, October 3, 2007 to:
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Box 599, 1128 Mill Street,
Manotick, ON
K 4 M 1 A 5
613-692-3571 ext. 1178 or 1-800-267-3504
kristy. giles at rideauvalley. on. ca
Attn: Kristy Giles
Please note: This project has been approved in principal by the Ministry
of Natural Resources. Approval of any quotation cannot be completed
until final confirmation of project funding has been approved. Project
work to commence immediately following project approval.
* I've long been interested in this area, and especially in the Unionids
that may be in Jebbs Creek. Matt Keevil and I agree that we could do
this assessment in a one or two day visit, with another day to write up
the conclusions. This would just be a report on what we'd seen (in the
format of our existing observations within a 2 km radius of the Reserve
which are appended to this message), with assessments, based on our
experience with the species elsewhere, of the habitat that the listed
species might use.
This could be accomplished for $500/day (i. e. $1 K for a one-day
visit, $1.5 K for a two-day visit), plus mileage from Bishops Mills.
We'd need copies of all the data you've assembled about the area.
fred.
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moved 0.1 km WNW.
353) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.6
711.2 44.88916N 76.20443W. TIME: 1436. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm, Red Pine/Black Cherry/Rh. cathartica
woods. 2007/185/c, Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
(herp). 1 adult, seen. WAYPT/Y 077, ca 70 cm TL, active in woods. We're
setting out to circumperambulate the trail around the Wildlife Area.
moved 0.0 km NW.
354) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.5
711.3 44.88922N 76.20449W. TIME: 1438. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: bare flat licheny bedrock clearing in yg forest on low, flat
abandoned farm. 2007/185/d, visit () (event). natural history,
under cover. WAYPT/Y 078, we turned dry-beneath blocky rocks in a pile.
. . . but found NO:Serpentes.
moved 0.1 km NNW.
355) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.9
712.6 44.89040N 76.20528W. TIME: 1445. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: trail through yg Ash/White Pine/Buckthorn 2 nd growth.
2007/185/e, Lumbricus terrestris (Nightcrawler) (invertebrate). 2
adult, under cover, seen. WAYPT/Y 079, in clayey soil under cover boards
in trail.
moved 0.1 km NNE.
356) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.7
713.7 44.89143N 76.20437W. TIME: 1451. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm in yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in
Typha marsh. 2007/185/f, Menispermum canadense (Moonseed)
(Plant). 1 vine, specimen. WAYPT/Y 080, leaves yellowing, no fruit on
dried flowerstems. These vines were sprawled over a Cornus
(Dogwood) bush along the trail. A single leaf preserved.
moved 0.1 km ENE.
357) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
714 44.89168N 76.20382W. TIME: 1454. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: Alnus-clumped grassy oldfield in low, flat abandoned farm.
2007/185/g, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y
081, noted as more open habitat than seen before.
moved 0.2 km ENE.
358) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 51.2
715.3 44.89288N 76.20118W. TIME: 1502. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: stone pile@edge Thuja woods/brushy oldfield in low, flat
abandoned farm. 2007/185/ha, Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter
Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen, active. WAYPT/Y 082, noted nearby, ca 30
cm TL. This 1.6 m(high)x 7 m stone pile is a potential snail habitat or
snake hibernaculum.
359) (same location) TIME: 1502. 2007/185/hb, Novisuccinea cf
ovalis () (Mollusca). 1 shell, under cover. under log near rockpile.
This is the first land snail or shell that MGK has found in persistant
turning of cover along the trail.
360) (same location) TIME: 1502. 2007/185/hc, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. calling from Thuja
woods.
361) (same location) TIME: 1502. 2007/185/hd, Bonasa umbellus
(Ruffed Grouse) (Bird). few call, heard. drumming heard here & throut
afternoon.
moved 0.2 km ESE.
362) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.4 km ESE Last Duel Park. UTM
18TVE 53.5 714.6 44.89225N 76.19834W. TIME: 1513. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: grassy field with scattered Rhamnus cathartica,
low, flat abandoned farm in Typha marsh. 2007/185/i, Juniperus
communis (Common Juniper) (Plant). 1 shrub, seen. WAYPT/Y 083, tufty
bush with lots of Cladonia on dead branches.
moved 0.1 km ESE.
363) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 4.6 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 54.8 714.2 44.89193N 76.19657W. TIME: 1517. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: rockpile margin of Typha marsh/Rh.
cathartica-Lonicera brushy 2 nd growth thicket. 2007/185/j,
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen,
active. WAYPT/Y 084, ca 60 cm TL. MGK also saw a small snake tail
disappear under cover. The pile of rocks or fractured bedrock goes
inland from the shore, but is probably too close to water level (<1 m)
to serve as a snake hibernaculum.
moved 0.0 km ESE.
364) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 4.6 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 55.3 714 44.89173N 76.19604W. TIME: 1524. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: fenced opening onto Typha marsh/open Rh.
cathartica shore of abandoned farm. 2007/186/a, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 4 adult, seen, active.
WAYPT/Y 085, 1 in Typha, 1 on shore 2 in brush. Two ca 1 m snakes were
at the shore: on on the ground and the other in a Typha
angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Cattail) clump 50 cm from shore. There
were 2 ca 60 cm snakes in the adjacent thickets.
moved 0.1 km S.
365) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.6 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 55.4
713.3 44.89116N 76.19589W. TIME: 1530. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: yg open 2 nd growth woods in low, flat abandoned farm in Typha
marsh. 2007/186/b, Hyla versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog)
(herp). 1 call, heard. WAYPT/Y 086, soft stuttering calls.
366) (same location) TIME: 1530. 2007/186/c, Pseudacris crucifer
(Spring Peeper) (herp). 1 call, heard. a few bouts of calling.
moved 0.1 km E.
367) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 56.3 713.2 44.89106N 76.19475W. TIME: 1532. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: grassy point in openwater/Typha marsh, low, flat
abandoned farm in yg forest. 2007/186/c, Acer saccharinum (Silver
Maple) (Plant). 1 tree, seen. WAYPT/Y 087, >1 m DBH tree on point of
land. This is the point that forms the N side of the mouth of Jebbs
Creek. We scanned the surrounding water, but saw NO:Testudinata.
moved 0.1 km WSW.
368) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Jebbs Creek, 4.6 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 55.3 712.8 44.89069N 76.19597W. TIME: 1539. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: limeslab riffle in marshy crk near low, flat
abandoned farm in yg forest/Buckthorn. 2007/186/da, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). several juvenile, seen. WAYPT/Y 088,
noted among rocks & along shore. A Orconectes cf virilis
(Northern Crayfish) scooted out from under a stone, but we weren't shod
for wading, so we didn't pursue it or wade for other aquatics.
369) (same location) TIME: 1539. 2007/186/db, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). common adult, seen.
scattered on stones of the bottom. This is the first riffle in Jebbs
Creek above its mouth in the Tay Marsh.
moved 0.2 km W.
370) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.4 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 52.8
713.2 44.89099N 76.19909W. TIME: 1546. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: brushy fencerow in low, flat abandoned farm near Typha marsh.
2007/186/e, cf Mammalia (Mammal) (Mammal). 1 nest, seen. WAYPT/Y
089, mossy 25 cm diam. nest 3.5 m up in Crataegus. There's a similar,
but broken up, clot of mossy material 4 m up in a Rhamnus
cathartica (Common Buckthorn) nearby.
moved 0.2 km SW.
371) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 51.4
711.3 44.88930N 76.20090W. TIME: 1554. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth in low, flat abandoned farm
near Typha marsh. 2007/186/f, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp).
1 adult, seen. WAYPT/Y 090, ca 80 mm SVL, brown, headspots 111.
moved 0.2 km WSW.
372) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.4
710.9 44.88886N 76.20344W. TIME: 1601. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: lawn/gravel parkinglot in low, flat abandoned farm in brushy 2
nd growth near marsh. 2007/186/g, Storeria occipitomaculata
(Redbelly Snake) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen, active. WAYPT/Y 091, ca 150
mm TL, bright chestnut dorsally.
moved 0.0 km WNW.
373) Perth Wildlife Reserve/4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
711 44.88894N 76.20373W. TIME: 1603. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm in yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in
Typha marsh. 2007/186/h, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Red Squirrel)
(Mammal). few call, heard. WAYPT/Y 092, sporadic calling heard thruout
afternoon. Back to van.
moved 0.1 km WSW.
374) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.9
710.3 44.88835N 76.20534W. TIME: 1609. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: fencerow/brushy oldfield in low, flat abandoned farm.
2007/186/ia, Celastrus (Bittersweet) (Plant). 1 vine, in fruit,
shed, specimen. WAYPT/Y 093, in fencerow with Clematis. This seems to
be Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic Bittersweet), the first I've
seen in eastern Ontario.
375) (same location) TIME: 1609. 2007/186/ib, Juglans cinerea
(Butternut) (Plant). 1 tree, shed, seen. 3-trunked sprawling in
fencerow, apparently healthy.
moved 0.8 km WSW.
376) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.5 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 40.1
707.4 44.88559N 76.21515W. TIME: 1612. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm in yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in
Typha marsh. 2007/186/j, Meleagris gallopavo (Turkey) (Bird). 1
adult, WOR/DOR?. WAYPT/Y 094, scattered feathers along entrance
road.
moved 1.5 km SSE.
377) Jebbs Creek/Co Road 1, 4.8 km SE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46.6
694.1 44.87368N 76.20660W. TIME: 1616-1632. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny,
breezy. HABITAT: slow marshy peaty crk below lake outlet@hwy bridge,
residence, deciduous forest. 2007/187/a, visit () (event).
natural history, wade. WAYPT/Y 095. Revisit from visit of 13 October
1995, but much less thorough.
FWS waded into, but not through, the deep water under the bridge, while
MGK stayed on shore.
378) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/aa, Phragmites
australis SUBSPECIES:cf australis (not listed) (Plant). 1 stand
herb, in bloom, seen. 50 m tall plumed stand in marsh & roadside SE of
bridge. There's no mention of this species in the account of this site
from 1995.
379) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/ab, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1 call, heard. one bout of
calling.
380) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/ac, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 2 juvenile, seen. 2 juvs on shore.
381) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/ad, Rana cf
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. dark juv on
shore.
382) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/ae, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). several nest, prey of predator,
seen. sev old opened nest sites along SE side of road. Also probably
some Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) nests.
383) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/af, Dreissena
polymorpha (Zebra Mussel) (Mollusca). 2 adult, specimen. on an
Elliptio.
384) (same location) TIME: 1616-1632. 2007/187/ag, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 4+ adult, shell, specimen.
4 alive. Add shells and other Unionids et seq as sorted.
16 October 2007
moved 1.7 km N.
385) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km
ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.6 710.9 44.88891N 76.20314W. TIME: 1040.
AIR TEMP: 9.5, sunny, Beaufort light air. HABITAT: low, flat abandoned
farm in yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in Typha marsh. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler, Matt G. Keevil. 2007/194/d, arrival ()
(event). natural history, drive. for first day of survey of area.
moved 0.2 km SW.
386) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4
709.9 44.88800N 76.20460W. TIME: 1051-1115. AIR TEMP: 9.5, sunny,
Beaufort light air. HABITAT: island in shallow basin of excavated pond
in grassy oldfield. 2007/194/e, visit () (event). natural
history, walk. WAYPT/Y 097, this basin empty except new-water puddles.
The bottom is cracked into big polygons, and cracked up into clumps
along shallow small-mammal burrows -- probably Condylura. Much
of the bottom is coated with a flat pale-green liverwort-like plant.
Tracks of Odocoileus (American Deer), Procyon lotor
(Raccoon), Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron), and Turtles with
10-15 cm between tracks, one with conspicuous tail-drag that must be
Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle). The island is topped by a
Lonicera (Honeysuckle) bush and a small stand of Asclepias
syriaca (Common Milkweed).
387) (same location) TIME: 1051-1115. 2007/194/ea, Helisoma
campanulatum (Bell-mouth Ramshorn) (Mollusca). 15/common shell,
specimen. shells scattered on dry pond bottom, 15 picked up.
388) (same location) TIME: 1051-1115. 2007/194/eb,
(not listed) (). dominant herb?, specimen. flat pale-green
liverwort-like plant on pond bottom. Kept as preserved specimen, dry,
and aquatic cultures. This has grown up as a Moss -- fws 1 Nov 2007.
moved 0.0 km S.
389) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4
709.6 44.88767N 76.20459W. TIME: 1051-1115. AIR TEMP: 9.5, sunny,
Beaufort light air. HABITAT: Beaver-occupied deep basin of excavated
pond in grassy oldfield. 2007/194/f, visit () (event). natural
history, walk, dipnetted. WAYPT/Y 098, waypopint at channel to deep
basin of pond. Bottom of the pond is mud, and the water is about 20 x
50 m. MGK circumperambulated the pond, and found a dead
Chrysemys and a freshly dead Rana clamitans (Green Frog)
tadpole, saw Procyon tracks and lots of Castor activity.
390) (same location) TIME: 1051-1115. 2007/194/fa, Chrysemys
picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 juvenile, specimen. dried carcase,
plastron 82 mm. Vague plastral figure, red middorsal line on posterior
carapace.
391) (same location) TIME: 1051-1115. 2007/194/fb, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). 1 larva, specimen. large tadpole,
freshly dead with dependent viscera.
392) (same location) TIME: 1051-1115. 2007/194/fc, Helisoma
campanulatum (Bell-mouth Ramshorn) (herp). 14 shell, specimen. small
shells.
moved 0.0 km N.
393) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4
709.9 44.88800N 76.20460W. TIME: 1111. AIR TEMP: 9.5, sunny, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: island in shallow basin of excavated pond in grassy
oldfield. 2007/194/ec, Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
(herp). 1 adult, male, captured, active. ca 55 cm TL, active on pond
bottom.
moved 0.1 km NE.
394) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
710.8 44.88876N 76.20381W. TIME: 1127. AIR TEMP: 10 ca, sunny, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: parkinglot in grassy oldfield/rough lawn. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/223/a, Corvus brachyrhynchos (Crow)
(Bird). 1 adult, seen. WAYPT/Y 099, low ice-storm broken 2-trunk 35 cm
DBH tree. Label text: "
moved 0.1 km N.
395) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49
711.4 44.88936N 76.20386W. TIME: 1133. AIR TEMP: 10 ca, sunny, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: grassy oldfield. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Matt G. Keevil. 2007/194/h, Juglans cinerea (Butternut) (Plant).
several sapling, cult, seen. WAYPT/Y 100, <1 m yg trees in plastic
collars. Leaves nipped off as if by Odocoileus (American Deer)
so there's only 2 pairs of leaflets on each leaf.
moved 0.2 km E.
396) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 50.6
711.3 44.88927N 76.20191W. TIME: 1141. AIR TEMP: 10 ca, sunny, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: grassy track between treed fencerows. 2007/194/i,
Tamias striatus (Eastern Chipmunk) (Mammal). 1 adult, AOR.
WAYPT/Y 101, dashed into path of Jeep. -- as if trying to be an
at-risky species -- another or the same did the same near here as we
came out at 16h20.
moved 0.5 km ENE.
397) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 55.6
712.9 44.89076N 76.19560W. TIME: 1146. AIR TEMP: 10 ca, sunny, Beaufort
light air. HABITAT: RVCA observation tower site, brushy area@edge of
wetland. 2007/194/ja, Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple) (Plant).
1/common tree, shed, seen. WAYPT/Y 102, small tree with small tarspot
on leaves.
398) (same location) TIME: 1146. 2007/194/jb, Clematis
virginiana (Virgin's-bower) (Plant). 1/common vine, in fruit, seen.
growing up on DED Ulmus.
moved 0.0 km SW.
399) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 55.5 712.8 44.89065N 76.19576W. TIME: 1148-1226. AIR TEMP: 11
ca, sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: slow bedrock creek in grassy
marsh near confluence with marshy canal, water 12 C. 2007/195/-,
datasheet (datasheet) (event). natural history, wade, dipnetted.
WAYPT/Y 103, This visit for PWA survey. DATASHEET SUMMARY: Land
ownership is RVCA. The locality is based on global positioning (+/- 7
m). The diel period was midday. The sky was clear with bright sun
cloud cover 0%. Condensation was ground frost was gone by 10h00.
There was no precipitation. The wind was breeze Beaufort 2 Force from
the SW. Weather for the past 48 hr was seasonally normal temperatures
seasonally normal moisture. The site was in/on gentle rolling plain.
Bedrock was limestone-like sandstone.
The terrestrial vegetation was coniferous plantations & deciduous 30 yr
second growth dense, with bushes along the stream. DOMINANT SPECIES:.
Soft Maple & Ash.
Human impact on the site included wildlife interpretation and imounded
canal. Site wetlands were fringing, riverine, Beaver-influenced,
tall-grass marsh. Development stage of Typha glauca (nearby,
none at site), was mature & dry seedheads.
Water at the site was permanent natural slow creek. Water level was
seasonally normal. The bottom was bedrock & slabs silt mud. Water
quality was clear. Spaces under rocks were clear of sediment or silty.
Water movement was nearly still (0.03 m/sec). WIDTH: 6 m LENGTH
SAMPLED: 50 m MAX. DEPTH: 30 cm DEPTHS SAMPLED: 0-30 cm. Water
temperature 12 C, at 10 cm depth, in main flow. Dominant aquatic
plants were sampled submerged Moss over 50% of bottom, some
Utricularia (Bladderwort), & emergent Sparganium
(Bur-reed). Capture was by hand & dipnet. Cover checked included
flat rocks.
400) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/a, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3+2 adult, shell,
specimen, captured. 1 fresh & 2 old pairs, largest 80 mm, 74 & 95 mm
adults released.
401) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/ba, Pyganodon
grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. 2 elongate,
broken pairs, lgr 95 mm, ripply beak sculpture.
402) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/bb, cf Strophitus
undulatus (Squaw-Foot) (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. old broken
pair, 72 mm, lightweight. Hinge undulation & rudimentary teeth seem to
indicate this species
403) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/c, Orconectes
virilis (Northern Crayfish) (Crayfish). 2 adult, captured. 1 F in
muck just as we arrived, Form II M 41 mm carapace.
404) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/d, Orconectes
propinquus () (Crayfish). 1 adult, captured. 1 M caught by MGK.
405) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/e, Orconectes
rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) (Crayfish). 5 adult, specimen. 1 ad M & 4
small ones collected, coloration drab.
406) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/f,
(not listed) (Bryophyte). dominant herb, specimen. covers 50% of the
rock & bedrock bottom.
407) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/g, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. 1 juv noted.
408) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/h, Rana clamitans
(Green Frog) (herp). few juvenile, seen. a few juvs noted.
409) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/i, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 1/common adult, shell,
specimen. common on bottom, 1 adult preserved in isopropyl.
410) (same location) TIME: 1148-1226. 2007/195/j, Lymnaea
stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) (Mollusca). 1 shell, seen. old 37 mm
shell.
moved 0.3 km NE.
411) Tay Marsh, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.8 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 57.8 715.2 44.89284N 76.19288W. TIME: 1250. AIR TEMP: 13 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: 30 cm deep open bay in Tay Canal
Typha glauca marsh. 2007/194/k, visit () (event). natural
history, canoe. WAYPT/Y 104, crossed the Tay Canal to here. . . .
Seeing good Turtle habitat (except a paucity of basking sites)
NO:Testudinata and a paucity of other macroanimalia. There were a few
fish swirls, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European Frogbit), big
beds dying back and Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil) submerged and
Lemna minor (Common Duckweed) and Wollffia on the
surface.
moved 0.4 km SE.
412) Tay Canal, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 5.1 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 59.9 712.3 44.89028N 76.19014W. TIME: 1304. AIR TEMP: 13 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: open water with
Nymphaea/Vallisneria@edge of Typha glauca marsh. 2007/194/la,
visit () (event). natural history, canoe. WAYPT/Y 105, logs that
might provide basking at edge Tay Canal. Lots of Ondatra feeding
piles along here with some clumps evidently cut off at water level
NO:Unionidae, Viviparus georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail)
scattered all over the bottom.
moved 0.2 km SSE.
413) Trent Canal, Bay of Muskrats, 5.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE
60.7 710.5 44.88869N 76.18908W. TIME: 1310-1316. AIR TEMP: 13 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: open water with
Nymphaea/Vallisneria@edge of Typha glauca marsh. 2007/194/lb, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). 7 piles feeding piles, seen. WAYPT/Y
106, heavy feeding here with 5 feeding piles/lodges. . . . visible in
the open water of the bay, with 2 more along the edge. These might be
basking habitat for Emydoidea or nesting sites for
Sternotherus. Some of these piles are pure Typha
(Cattail). There are also sawdusty Castor droppings on the
bottom. There's 20% cover of Nymphaea (White Waterlily) on the
open water.
moved 0.2 km E.
414) Perth Wildlife Reserve. UTM 18TVE 62.7 710.4 44.88859N
76.18660W. TIME: 1319. AIR TEMP: 13 ca, sunny, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: head of dead-end channel, Nymphaea/Vallisneria@edge of Typha
glauca marsh. 2007/194/lc, Rana catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1
call, heard. WAYPT/Y 107, one call heard by MGK. A few Anas
platyrhynchos (Mallard) flew up as we came along the channel.
We saw a brown-pumaged Circus hudsonicus over the marsh as we
approached a dead tree that we'd set as a downstream aiming point.
moved 0.7 km ESE.
415) S shore Tay Canal, 6.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 69.1 708.8
44.88723N 76.17839W. TIME: 1338-1425. AIR TEMP: 13.5, sunny, Beaufort
light breeze. HABITAT: Tay Canal grassy/marshy shore. 2007/194/m,
visit () (event). natural history, walk, dipnetted. WAYPT/Y 108,
stopped at a low ridge that's cut off by the Canal. . . . and may
continue as the raised bank on the other side of the Canal. There's a
dock and picnic table that seems to pertain to a farm up the slope a
ways. The shore is rocky fill obviously put here to define the Canal.
Water is clear here, 12 C, though murky in channel offshore. We've seen
NO:Cyprinus carpio despite paddling through extensive shallow water --
There's a Thuja grove of spaced-out trees, and one Juniperus
virginianus (Eastern Red Cedar) among them. FWS stayed near the
dock, while MGK ranged around the surrounding area.
416) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/ma, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 8 shell, adult, specimen.
7 pairs, both fresh & old, largest 77 mm, 1 58 mm alive. Shells in area
near dock where the bottom is clear of rooted vegetation, but has lots
of bits of Castor-cut Alnus. There's a pile of Alnus (Alder)
twigs with leaves, stored by Castor under the dock. NO:Dreissena
on or under rocks or vegetation here or elsewhere in the Canal
417) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/mb, Lythrum
salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) (Plant). common herb, in fruit, seen.
stunted & perforate in a line right along bank. Suggesting that
Galerucella has been effective here -- but the grass is mowed to
within 2 m of the water.
418) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/mc, Corvus corax
(Raven) (Bird). 1 adult, heard. calling with many Crows somewhere in the
distance.
419) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/md, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 20 ca juvenile, adult, seen. ca 20 small juvs, 1
ad in grassy area near dock.
420) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/me, Microtus
pennsylvanicus (Meadow Vole) (Mammal). 1 adult, seen. 1 seen by MGK
in walkabout. As we landed we saw a fast-moving small Mammal in the
vegetation right at the edge of the water.
421) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/mf, Storeria
occipitomaculata (Redbelly Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen, under
cover. under rock under Sugar Maple seen by MGK in walkabout.
422) (same location) TIME: 1338-1425. 2007/194/mg, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, female, seen. 130 mm SVL F
moderately long-dead on bottom in 1 m water. . . . as we left,
dipnetted up and measured.
moved 0.1 km S.
423) N shore Tay Canal, 6.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 69.2 708.1
44.88661N 76.17834W. TIME: 1439-1453. AIR TEMP: 14 ca, sunny, Beaufort
light breeze. HABITAT: brushy/rocky Tay Canal shore between Canal and
marsh. 2007/194/n, visit () (event). natural history, wade,
canoe. WAYPT/Y 109, we stopped here hoping for piles of shells. MGK
waded along about 70 m of shore picking up shells, while FWS paddled and
then walked on shore. There were no predator shell piles, and this is
just a rim of canal wall armouring, rather than an above-water
continuation of the ridge on the south side of the Canal. The peaty
soil supports Urtica (Nettle) between the bushes and the Typha
x glauca (Hybrid Cattail) of the marsh. This stretch of
rocky-hardened canal bank supports a line of stout Rhamnus
cathartica (Common Buckthorn) with twisty twigs and a modest crop of
fruit.
From here we went up the Canal puzzling over a diving bird among
Nymphaea (White Waterlily) that was likely Podilymbus
podiceps (Pied-bill Grebe). Much of the bottom is bare, but there
are beds of Vallisneria and Elodea, with the
Vallisneria preferentially uprooted and floating on the surface.
Potomogeton amplifolium is somewhat higher, and all of these are
tangled with Lemna trisulca (Star Duckweed), and there are
isolated bouquet-like plumes of Myriophyllum (Water Milfoil) and
Ceratophyllum standing up to near the surface of the water.
Duckweed is Lemna minor (Common Duckweed) and Wolffia
(Watermeal).
424) (same location) TIME: 1439-1453. 2007/194/na, Chelydra
serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1 nest egg, prey of predator,
specimen. predator opened nest in peaty soil at upstream end of shore.
Some shells saved.
425) (same location) TIME: 1439-1453. 2007/194/nb, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 21+2 adult, shell,
specimen, captured. 15 valves, 6 pairs, largest ca 115 mm valve, 2 alive
79 & 77 mm. The largest one is fresh and broken, and it's both larger
and fresher than the rest of the shells. Most have very eroded beaks.
Found on rocky bottom in 30-50 cm depth, no predator piles along the
shore
moved 1.1 km WSW.
426) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 5.2 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 58.4 706.1 44.88468N 76.19194W. TIME: 1505. AIR TEMP: 14 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: narrow channel through dense
Typha marsh massive dying-back stan. 2007/194/o,
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European Frogbit) (Plant). dominant
herb, dead, seen. WAYPT/Y 110, massive dying-back stands nrly filling
channel. These seem to be growing in a matrix of logs and sticks at a
depth of 50 cm or more -- which we struck with our paddles, MGK thought
one strike may have been of a Chelydra. There were areas of
barely-emergent Potentilla palustris (Marsh Cinquefoil), with
tufts of Myrica gale (Sweet Gale) and Decodon
verticillatus (Swamp Loosestrife) along the shore, and a few robust
tree-like plants of Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed). Photos
taken as we came out. We put up about 30 Ducks here, including at least
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) and Aix sponsa (Wood Duck).
moved 0.1 km SW.
427) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 5.1 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 57.7 705.6 44.88420N 76.19280W. TIME: 1507. AIR TEMP: 14 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: narrow channel through dense
Typha marsh@bulldozed rocky-soil shore. 2007/194/p, Castor
canadensis (Beaver) (Mammal). adult, food, tracks. WAYPT/Y 111,
lots of cutting of Alnus & trampling of shores. . . . here. The water
clay-murky. Why the bulldozing?
moved 0.1 km SW.
428) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 5.1 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 56.7 704.9 44.88354N 76.19405W. TIME: 1510. AIR TEMP: 14 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light air. HABITAT: narrow channel through dense Typha
marsh@bulldozed rocky-soil shore we paddled acro. 2007/194/q,
visit () (event). natural history, canoe. WAYPT/Y 112, head of
navigation on this ditch. The ditch ends at weedy grown over
continuation and Castor-dammed right-angle ditch (a new low mud dam)
water clay-murky. Bulldozing continues to here
From here we paddled across the Canal to photograph the Muskrat piles
we'd passed earlier. . .
moved 0.7 km NE.
429) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 5.2 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 60.9 710.3 44.88851N 76.18887W. TIME: 1525. AIR TEMP: 14 ca,
sunny, Beaufort light air. HABITAT: openwater Nymphaea marsh between
dense Typha & narrow Canal channel. 2007/194/r, Ondatra
zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). 1 pile photo. WAYPT/Y 113, feeding
pile in open water with no nearby Typha. . . . so mostly made of
Nymphaea remains.
moved 0.6 km WNW.
430) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 55.6
712.9 44.89076N 76.19560W. TIME: 1550. AIR TEMP: 15, sunny, calm.
HABITAT: RVCA observation tower site, brushy area@edge of wetland.
2007/194/s, arrival () (event). natural history, canoe. packed
up the canoe by 16h02 & left at 16h16. Coming up Jebbs creek we saw
several juvenile Rana clamitans (Green Frog) and small
Orconectes cf rusticus (Rusty Crayfish).
moved 1.0 km WSW.
431) Perth Wildlife Reserve entrance road, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 46.2 709.7 44.88773N 76.20744W. TIME: 1628. AIR TEMP: 14 ca,
sunny, calm. HABITAT: hayfields/treed fencerows. 2007/194/t,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y 114, walking
into Jebbs Crk by path shown on RVCA map. . . . but barely visible on
the ground.
moved 0.1 km S.
432) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46.4
708.6 44.88673N 76.20717W. TIME: 1631. AIR TEMP: 14 ca, sunny, calm.
HABITAT: 1 x 5 x 6 m S-facing stonepile, hayfields/treed stony
esker-like ridge. 2007/194/u, visit () (event). walk. WAYPT/Y
115, a S-facing stonepile at the edge of woods. -- maybe the highest
point on the Reserve. It might be a Snake hibernaculum but NO:Serpentes
were seen.
moved 0.2 km ESE.
433) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. 44.88581N
76.20518WTIME: 1644. AIR TEMP: 14 ca, sunny, calm. HABITAT: 1.3 x 8 x 8
m N-facing stonepile, open brushy Tilia/Ash woods. 2007/194/v, Carya
cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory) (Plant). 1 tree, in fruit, walk.
WAYPT/STONEPILE, ca 25 cm DBH tree shedding green nuts. . . . onto the
pile, which has a lot of fallen logs. We're wandering through the
diverse shrubbery here, trying to find the trail to the Creek. . .
moved 0.1 km ESE.
434) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE
48.4 707.2 44.88557N 76.20458W. TIME: 1648. AIR TEMP: 13 ca, sunny,
calm. HABITAT: Rhamnus catharica shrub in small clearing in grassy
oldfield -- clearing surrou. 2007/196/a, Berberis vulgaris
(Common Barberry) (Plant). 1 shrub, in fruit, seen. WAYPT/Y 116, 2 m
shrub woven up into Rhamnus cathartica. Bearing a sparse crop of fruit.
moved 0.1 km E.
435) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 49.3 707.4 44.88570N 76.20342W. TIME: 1654-1710. AIR TEMP: 13
ca, sunny, calm. HABITAT: Beaver dam across slow crk between grassy-peat
hummock marsh & muck-over bedrock stream. 2007/196/ba, Castor
canadensis (Beaver) (Mammal). present dam, seen. WAYPT/Y 117, low
newly built muck & stick dam.
436) (same location) TIME: 1654-1710. 2007/196/bb, Thamnophis
sirtalis (Common Garter Snake) (herp). 1 adult, seen. ca 40 cm
slender snake, slightly stub tail.
437) (same location) TIME: 1654-1710. 2007/196/bc, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 1 adult, seen. 100 mm,
widely eroded, inflated in mucky bottom below dam. Too dark to see much
in the water.
438) (same location) TIME: 1654-1710. 2007/196/bd, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). abundant adult, shell,
seen. many on bottom, muck pervaded by fragments of shells. Many of the
shells are large.
439) (same location) TIME: 1654-1710. 2007/196/be, Ilex
verticillata (Winterberry) (Plant). few shrub, in fruit, seen.
berries noted by MGK. There's a dense and diverse shrub flora here.
moved 0.2 km WSW.
440) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.3
706.9 44.88529N 76.20594W. TIME: 1717. AIR TEMP: 12 ca, sunny, calm.
HABITAT: brushy/Solidago oldfield. 2007/196/c, Ursus americanus
(Black Bear) (Mammal). 1 scat, seen. WAYPT/Y 118, scat with many 2-2.5
mm cf Cornus seeds & others.
moved 0.2 km NNW.
441) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46.3
709.2 44.88727N 76.20726W. TIME: 1724. AIR TEMP: 12 ca, sunny, calm.
HABITAT: grassy hayfield/rocky open grassy woods 2007/196/e 1728 11.5,
SNY, CLM WAYPT/114 ba. 2007/196/d, Juglans cinerea (Butternut)
(Plant). tree, . WAYPT/Y 119, 3-trunk 20-20 cm DBH tree with some trunk
lesions. . . . but no dying branches.
moved 0.1 km NNW.
442) Perth Wildlife Reserve entrance road, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 46.2 709.7 44.88773N 76.20744W. TIME: 1728. AIR TEMP: 11.5,
sunny, calm. HABITAT: hayfields/treed fencerows. 2007/196/e,
arrival () (event). natural history, walk. back to car, depart
for home.
18 October 2007
moved 1.8 km WSW.
443) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth Wildlife Reserve Rd/Co
Road 1, 3.1 km SE Perth. UTM 18TVE 30.4 701.5 44.88013N 76.22726W.
TIME: 1115. HABITAT: brushy roadside. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Matt G. Keevil. 2007/196/j, Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy) (Plant).
dominant shrub, shed, seen, driveby. noted 80 cm upright clump in 50 m
stand along road.
moved 2.8 km ENE.
444) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 56.3 713.2 44.89106N 76.19475W. TIME: 1126-1143. AIR TEMP: 15,
overcast, calm. HABITAT: grassy point in openwater/Typha marsh, low,
flat abandoned farm in yg forest. 2007/196/k, Acer saccharinum
(Silver Maple) (Plant). 1 tree, shed, specimen. >1 m DBH, on grassy
point, some small-spot Rhytisma tarspot. Leaves red and not deeply
lobate. Is this a hybrid Acer saccharinum x rubrum?
moved 0.1 km NNW.
445) Tay Canal, 4.6 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 55.7 714.3
44.89198N 76.19551W. TIME: 1147. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT:
narrow rock-bordered canal, Rhamnus cathartica/marsh shores.
2007/196/la, Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) (herp). 2
adult, captured. WAYPT/Y 120, ca 60 cm swimming in open water, ca 40 cm
F on bank.
446) (same location) TIME: 1147. 2007/196/lb, Lethocerus
americanus (Toebiter) (entomological). 1 mature, seen. swimming in
open water of canal, and then went under a rock.
moved 0.3 km WNW.
447) Tay Canal, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 52.8 715.9
44.89343N 76.19919W. TIME: 1155. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT:
narrow rock-bordered canal, shrub/marsh shores. 2007/197/a, visit
() (event). natural history, canoe. WAYPT/Y 121, head into shallow
bedrock bay away from Canal. Towards the Typha x glauca (Hybrid
Cattail) and Alnus (Alder) shore. This is the end of an island
canal margin with Cornus (Dogwood) etc -- vegetation that seems
to be the residue of Castor canadensis (Beaver) cutting.
moved 0.1 km WSW.
448) Tay Canal, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 52.3 715.7
44.89322N 76.19982W. TIME: 1156-1210. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: 50 cm deep bedrock bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with
shrub/marsh shores. 2007/197/ba, Alasmidonta marginata (Elktoe)
(Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. WAYPT/Y 122, fairly fresh 92 mm shell.
This is the second specimen from the Tay River.
449) (same location) TIME: 1156-1210. 2007/197/bb, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 14+5 adult, shell,
captured, specimen. 82, 88, 80, 90, 95 mm alive, 14 old & fresh pairs,
largest 91.5 mm. Deep compressed shells.
450) (same location) TIME: 1156-1210. 2007/197/bc, Lasmigona
costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 2+1 adult, shell, captured,
specimen. 97, 88 mm alive, 85 & 99 mm, elongate shells.
moved 0.1 km WNW.
451) Tay Canal, 4.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 51.5 716 44.89354N
76.20083W. TIME: 1215. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT: bedrock
bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with shrub/marsh shores. 2007/197/c,
visit () (event). natural history, . WAYPT/Y 123, note sunken
rowboat near Canal side of bay. We end Unionid sampling here as the
water gets deeper and the bottom mucky. There's a clump of
Decodon on the mainland shore.
moved 0.2 km W.
452) Tay Canal, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.9 716.1
44.89356N 76.20290W. TIME: 1220. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT:
shallow bedrock bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with shrub/forest
shores. 2007/197/da, Pinus strobus (White Pine) (Plant). 1 tree,
seen. WAYPT/Y 124, ca 30 cm DBH, overhanging water, big witches broom.
. . . in the mid-crown.
453) (same location) TIME: 1220. 2007/197/db, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 3 shell, 3. pairs on
bottom, largest 85 mm, 50 cm water, flat sandy bedrock. After not
seeing any Unionids since we ended the previous sample.
moved 0.1 km W.
454) Tay Canal, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4 716 44.89344N
76.20470W. TIME: 1225. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT: shallow
bedrock bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with shrub/forest shores.
2007/197/e, Rana catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, seen.
WAYPT/Y 125, ca 120 mm SVL, dove from Nymphaea leaves as we passed. The
bottom is mucky here, with 60-70 cm depth.
moved 0.1 km SW.
455) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.8
715.5 44.89303N 76.20549W. TIME: 1229. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: Alder-hummock shore of shallow bedrock bay of narrow
rock-bordered canal. 2007/197/f, cf Athyrium thelypteroides
(Silvery Spleenwort) (Plant). common herb, specimen. WAYPT/Y 126,
conspicuous along shore here. With Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern),
Hypericum, and Galerucella -perforate Lythrum
salicaria (Purple Loosestrife).
moved 0.2 km WSW.
456) Tay Canal, 3.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 45.9 715.1
44.89262N 76.20795W. TIME: 1235. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT:
shallow mucky/Nymphaea bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with
shrub/forest shores. 2007/197/ga, Cyprinus carpio (Carp) (fish).
common adult, seen. WAYPT/Y 127, jumping, swimming & bumping Nymphaea
leaves.
moved 0.2 km WNW.
457) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.4 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 43.7
716 44.89335N 76.21067W. TIME: 1239. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: shallow mucky/Nymphaea bay of narrow rock-bordered canal with
shrub/forest shores. 2007/197/gb, Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)
(Bird). 1 adult, seen, heard. WAYPT/Y 128, flew up from a tree on shore
as we passed.
458) (same location) TIME: 1239. 2007/197/gc, Castor canadensis
(Beaver) (Mammal). 1 lodge lodge, seen. active lodge on shore among Soft
Maples. All along here the shore is heavily exploited by Beavers.
moved 0.2 km SSW.
459) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.4 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 42.8
713.8 44.89142N 76.21178W. TIME: 1252. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: Alder-hummock shore of shallow bedrock bay of narrow
rock-bordered canal. 2007/197/h, Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)
(Plant). codominant tree, shed, seen. WAYPT/Y 129, moderate Rhytisma
tarspot on leaves. There's Ilex verticillata (Winterberry),
<<>>, Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern), and some Rhamnus
cathartica (Common Buckthorn) along this heavily beavered shore.
FWS disembarks to head back to the PWR headquarters by GPS.
moved 0.2 km WNW.
460) Tay Canal, 3.3 km ESE Perth. 44.89181N 76.21377WTIME:
1252-1341. AIR TEMP: 15, overcast, calm. HABITAT: marshy arm of small
canal. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181252/a, visit ()
(event). natural history, canoe. culvert spilling slightly foamy water,
prob. from sewage. Canoed with Fred along Tay River., followed arm off
main channel/canal to near NW boundary of PWR. Dropped Fred off in wet
forest. Noticed few submerged or emergent macrophytes in arm, just
filamentous algae. Went into small bay, discovered culvert, probably
outflow from the sewage lagoon. Water here is semi-translucent green
with a floating scum of Wolffia (Watermeal) and algae. Banks are
lined with Typha (Cattail).
moved 0.2 km E.
461) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.5 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 43.4
713.9 44.89146N 76.21108W. TIME: 1302. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: tall Carex/Alnus/Black Ash/Soft Maple swamp forest. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/198/a, Parmelia (not listed)
(lichen). common thallus, specimen. WAYPT/Y 130, shaggy ruffles, almost
cascades, on Ash trunks. The ground is soggy but without free water
underfoot. The Carex is about 1 m tall, with scattered
Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern) and Ilex verticillata
(Winterberry).
moved 0.1 km ESE.
462) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.5 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 43.9
713.7 44.89130N 76.21041W. TIME: 1310. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: tall Carex/Alnus/Black Ash/Soft Maple swamp forest. 2007/198/b,
Cladonia () (lichen). common thallus, specimen. WAYPT/Y 131,
mixed lichens on old tipup root mound.
moved 0.1 km ESE.
463) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.6 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 44.5
713.5 44.89113N 76.20967W. TIME: 1318. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, light overcast,
calm. HABITAT: tall Carex/Alnus/Black Ash/Soft Maple swamp forest.
2007/198/ca, Rana pipiens (Leopard Frog) (herp). 3 adult,
captured. WAYPT/Y 132, all HEADING:N as if this is a migration route.
NUMBER/COLOUR/HEAD_SPOTS/SEX/SVL
1)green, 001, m thumb, 75 ca
2)green, 111, m thumb, 70 ca
3). 2 gr, 111, f thumb, 85 ca
464) (same location) TIME: 1318. 2007/198/cb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1 call, heard. 1 calling, the 1 st
heard today.
moved 0.1 km ESE.
465) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 45.2
713 44.89074N 76.20882W. TIME: 1326. AIR TEMP: 18.5, light overcast,
Beaufort light air. HABITAT: tall Carex/Alnus/Black Ash/Soft Maple swamp
forest. 2007/198/da, Thuja occidentalis (Eastern White Cedar)
(Plant). few tree, seen. WAYPT/Y 133, few barely living trees. With low
vernal-pool-like areas around them. These are the first Thuja
seen in walking inland from the Tay River.
466) (same location) TIME: 1326. 2007/198/db, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. calling
steadily.
moved 0.1 km ESE.
467) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 45.7
712.8 44.89058N 76.20815W. TIME: 1333. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Ash/Thuja/Soft Maple swamp forest.
2007/198/ea, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush) (Plant). 4
shrub, seen. WAYPT/Y 134, isolated clump of 1.7 m bushes, no fruit
set.
468) (same location) TIME: 1333. 2007/198/eb, Lythrum salicaria
(Purple Loosestrife) (Plant). 1/scattered herb, in fruit, seen. 2.3 m
plant with NO:Galerucella damage.
469) (same location) TIME: 1333-1338. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. 2007/198/ec, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring
Peeper) (herp). index 1 call, heard. calling by multiple individuals.
This calling was heard at the subsequent stations, but is aggregated as
one record here.
moved 0.0 km SE.
470) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.8 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46
712.5 44.89026N 76.20777W. TIME: 1337. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Alnus/Thuja thicket swamp. 2007/198/f,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y 135, enter band
of Thuja with Alnus understorey.
moved 0.0 km S.
471) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.8 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46
712.4 44.89022N 76.20776W. TIME: 1338. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Alnus/grass/Thuja thicket swamp.
2007/198/g, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y
136, 40 cm x 1.2 m wide dry drainage ditch in muck.
moved 0.3 km NNE.
472) Tay Canal, 3.8 km ESE Perth. 44.89292N 76.20643WTIME:
1341. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: swamp
forest along canal. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181341/a,
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1 call, heard.
calling vigorously from shore (wet forest). Weather: bright overcast,
calm, unseasonably warm.
moved 0.3 km S.
473) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.8 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46.5
712.5 44.89025N 76.20708W. TIME: 1343. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Alnus/grass/Thuja thicket swamp.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/198/h, visit () (event).
natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y 137, 30 cm deep x 1 m wide dry drainage
ditch in muck. NO:Pseudacris crucifer calling now.
moved 0.0 km E.
474) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 46.8
712.4 44.89020N 76.20666W. TIME: 1347. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: dense Alnus/mixed thicket swamp.
2007/199/aa, Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) (Plant). 1
shrub, in fruit, seen. WAYPT/Y 138, isolated shrub 3.5 m tall, 3.5 cm
DBH. This is the first of this species seen since leaving the Tay
River.
475) (same location) TIME: 1347. 2007/199/ab, Odocoileus
virginianus (Whitetail Deer) (Mammal). present adult, tracks. I've
been largely following Deer paths through this swamp.
moved 0.0 km NNE.
476) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47
712.6 44.89036N 76.20653W. TIME: 1351-1356. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: clayey excavated shallow pond in
Alnus/grass/Thuja thicket swamp. 2007/199/b, visit () (event).
natural history, wade. WAYPT/Y 139, came upon a sudden opening in the
swamp. It wasn't immediately obvious that this was an excavated pond --
it was just a complex of 4-10 m wide channels of greenish clay muck in
the surrounding dense Alnus/grass/Thuja thicket swamp. The waypoint is
on a stick & clay islet that may be an old Beaver lodge. There's no
sign of current Castor activity, but here was a hole in the bank,
and a splash, that may have been due to Ondatra. There were a
lot of large snail species. A couple of inidentifiable splashes were
all that was seen of Rana (True Frog).
A steep-sided nearby 4 m-tall pile of spoil, topped by Lonicera
(Honeysuckle) and Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) bushes,
makes it clear that this is an excavated wildlife pond.
477) (same location) TIME: 1351-1356. 2007/199/ba, Helisoma
trivolvus (Larger Eastern Ramshorn) (Mollusca). abundant shell,
seen. most of the shells on the shores & bottom.
478) (same location) TIME: 1351-1356. 2007/199/bb, Helisoma
campanulatum (Bell-mouth Ramshorn) (Mollusca). common shell, seen.
shells on the shores & bottom.
479) (same location) TIME: 1351-1356. 2007/199/bc, Lymnaea
stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) (Mollusca). 2 shell, seen. shells on
the shores & bottom.
480) (same location) TIME: 1351-1356. 2007/199/bd, Bulimnea
megasoma (Showy Pond Snail) (Mollusca). 1 shell, seen. shells on the
shores & bottom.
481) (same location) TIME: 1351-1356. 2007/199/be, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. steady
calling.
moved 0.5 km NW.
482) Tay Canal, 3.4 km ESE Perth. 44.89377N 76.21106WTIME:
1403. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT:
Typha-topped sandbar between channel & marshy arm of canal. OBSERVER:
Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181403/a, Elliptio complanata (Eastern
Elliptio) (Mollusca). 4+2+31 adult, shell, specimen. 72, 55 mm alive, 4
fresh pairs, 13 old pairs, 18 old valves. Largest old valve 81 mm,
largest of the 4 fresh valves, which were saved as the collection, 77.5
mm. On channel side found many Elliptio shells, 2 alive, and one dead
gaping Elliptio with animal still inside. Doesn't smell too decomposed.
483) (same location) TIME: 1403. MGK 07 Oct 181403/b, Lasmigona
costata (Fluted Shell) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. 94.5 mm finely
fluted shell.
moved 0.6 km SE.
484) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.6
712.8 44.89056N 76.20566W. TIME: 1407. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Rhamnus cathartica woods under
spaced-out Elm & Ash trees. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/199/c,
Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) (Plant). dominant shrub,
seen. WAYPT/Y 140, still green while canopy trees are leafless. This is
at the edge of these woods, which are impessively dominated by the under
canopy of this species, at 4-6 cm DBH.
moved 0.0 km ENE.
485) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.9 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.8
712.8 44.89060N 76.20550W. TIME: 1407-1415. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: managed White Pine platation with Rubus
idaea ground cover. 2007/199/d, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring
Peeper) (herp). index 1 call, heard. WAYPT/Y 141, more than 1 calling
steadily in short bouts. Reached the wildlife trail here at 14h10 --
this record amalgamates calling from 3 waypoints.
moved 0.5 km NE.
486) N shore Tay Canal, 4.2 km ESE Perth. 44.89375N
76.20057WTIME: 1410ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: riprap shore of small canal. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07
Oct 181410/a, Mustela vison (Mink) (Mammal). 1 adult, food,
photo. running over breakwall, seen with with a half eaten Perch.
Seemed to follow canoe, approached very close. It went out of sight
among the rocks but was induced to reappear when I made scratching
noises with my paddle. After it posed for a photo it went back out of
sight among the rocks. After a few minutes noisily maneuvering among
the rocks it reappeared with a half eaten Perca flavescens
(Yellow Perch), and then ran away along the shore.
Canoed here along riprap breakwall along canal (north shore). Possibly
good basking habitat for juvenile map turtles but did not observe any.
moved 0.5 km SSW.
487) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.8
712 44.88986N 76.20419W. TIME: 1415. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: 15 x 6 x 2 m pile of chunks of wood &
lumber in grassy oldfield. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/199/e,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y 142, a
surprising feature behind the PWR barns. On 16 October 2007 MGK wrote
of this pile: "at 44.88994 -76.20415 noted a large pile of logs and
other anthropogenic coarse woody debris. about 2.5 m high and ca 12 x 7
m at base. Logs rotting, spaces partly filled with detritus. Could be
SAR snake habitat (for laying, ecdysis, refuge). In meadow so gets sun.
"
moved 0.1 km SSE.
488) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
711 44.88894N 76.20373W. TIME: 1418-1427. AIR TEMP: 19, light overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: low, flat abandoned farm in yg
forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth, in Typha marsh. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Matt G. Keevil. 2007/199/fa, Harmonia axyridis
(Southern Ladybird Beetle) (entomological). 300 ca mature, seen.
swarming wall of observation tower, always ca 10 in flight. These
seriously speckled the red board wall of the barn/observation tower of
the CA. No check on the possible presence of other Ladybird species
among these.
489) (same location) TIME: 1418-1427. 2007/199/fb, Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus (Red Squirrel) (Mammal). present call, heard. calling
noted.
moved 0.7 km ENE.
490) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Tay Marsh, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 56.3 713.2 44.89106N 76.19475W. TIME: 1420ca. AIR TEMP: 19,
light overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: grassy point in
openwater/Typha marsh, low, flat abandoned farm in yg forest. OBSERVER:
Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181420/a, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring
Peeper) (herp). index 1 call, heard. calling noted. Canoed to "Silver
Maple Point", and pulled out canoe. Noticed more calling from peepers.
moved 0.7 km WSW.
491) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.6
710.9 44.88891N 76.20314W. TIME: 1429. AIR TEMP: 19, light overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: lawn/gravel parkinglot in low, flat
abandoned farm in brushy 2 nd growth near marsh. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 2007/199/ga, Junco hyemalis SUBSPECIES:hyemalis (not
listed) (Bird). 20 ca adult, seen, heard. WAYPT/PWA, on parkinglot and
lawn.
492) (same location) TIME: 1429. 2007/199/gb, Turdus migratorius
(Robin) (Bird). 15 ca adult, seen, heard. around parkinglot and lawn.
From here I walked down to the mouth of Jebbs Creek, where MGK had just
put Fairhaven Bay on his Jeep, and was starting to drive out.
moved 0.0 km W.
493) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
711 44.88894N 76.20373W. TIME: 1500ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: parking lot in abandoned farm in yg
forest/Buckthorn 2 nd growth. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct
181500/a, visit () (event). natural history, walk. began walk
around main trail to survey Species at Risk habitat. Especially for
Lanius and Elaphe habitat. AIR_TEMP for these are lifted
from FWS observations, and times are estimated by allowing 10 minutes
for each station.
moved 0.2 km WNW.
494) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. 44.88933N
76.20588WTIME: 1510ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: Large rockpile at forest/hayfield edge. MGK 07 Oct 181510/a,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at
Risk habitat. Base of pile about 4 m x 4 m. Height ca 1.5 m. Large
Fraxinus (Ash) beside pile. Mature Acer saccharum (Sugar
Maple) nearby. Other trees early successional. Southern exposure. May
represent SAR snake habitat. Nearby hayfield is large, potential
Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) habitat. Adjacent to
other fields but fencerows need to be improved.
moved 0.2 km S.
495) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.6
709.7 44.88778N 76.20568W. TIME: 1512. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: 4 4 m circular beds of mostly alien
cultivated plants in grassyoldfield. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler.
2007/199/h, visit () (event). natural history, walk. WAYPT/Y
143, Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists' garden. From here I followed
a mowed path south, but it soon ended.
moved 0.1 km SSW.
496) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.2
708.9 44.88704N 76.20609W. TIME: 1517. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: 70 cm wide, 2 m wide ditch in treed
Rhamnus cathartica/treed "fencerow". 2007/200/aa, Vitis cf
riparia (Frost Grape) (Plant). 1 vine, seen. WAYPT/Y 144, 5 cm DBH,
running up into crown of Burr Oak. There's a small Crataegus
(Hawthorn) on the west side of this ditch among Rubus idaea (Red
Raspberry) and Solidago (Goldenrod).
497) (same location) TIME: 1517-1523. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. 2007/200/ab, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring
Peeper) (herp). few call, heard. calling sporadically.
moved 0.2 km NNE.
498) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. 44.88887N
76.20550WTIME: 1520ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: Large rotting hardwood stump adjacent to rock pile & mature
hardwood trees. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181520/a,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at
Risk habitat. At forest/hayfield edge. Southern exposure. possible
SAR snake habitat.
moved 0.2 km SSW.
499) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 47.2
708.7 44.88683N 76.20615W. TIME: 1523. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: recent Spruce plantation in grassy
oldfield. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/200/b, Picea cf
glauca (White Spruce) (Plant). 1/codominant sapling, seen. WAYPT/Y
145, was 157 cm & grew 83 cm this year. This is the fastest growing
individual in this section of the plantation. Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) calling continues.
moved 0.4 km NNE.
500) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.0 km ESE Perth. 44.88995N
76.20422WTIME: 1530ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: 3 adjacent clearings in conifer plantation. OBSERVER: Matt G.
Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181530/a, visit () (event). natural history,
walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. One clearing at these
coordinates one to NE and one to SW. Have islands of Rhamnus
cathartica (Common Buckthorn). Too small to act as shrike habitat.
moved 0.5 km S.
501) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4
707.2 44.88557N 76.20458W. TIME: 1538. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast,
Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Rhamnus catharica shrub in small
clearing in grassy oldfield -- clearing surrou. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 2007/200/c, (not listed) (Plant).
2 herb, dead, in fruit, specimen. under Crataegus at the margin of the
clearing. MGK found another of these near the PWR headquarters -- we
have no idea what it is.
moved 0.5 km N.
502) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. 44.88994N
76.20415WTIME: 1540ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: 15 x 6 x 2 m pile of chunks of wood & lumber in grassy
oldfield. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181540/a, visit ()
(event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat.
Revisited logpile. Flushed a Lagomorph from base of pile.
moved 0.5 km S.
503) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 49.3 707.4 44.88570N 76.20342W. TIME: 1544-1548. AIR TEMP: 19.5,
light overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Beaver dam across slow
crk between grassy-peat hummock marsh & muck-over bedrock stream.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/200/da, Thamnophis sirtalis
(Common Garter Snake) (herp). 2 adult, seen, active. ca 40 cm slender
snakes on shore, both with slight stub tails.
moved 0.6 km N.
504) Perth Wildlife Reserve. 44.89154N 76.20362WTIME: 1550ca.
AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: Damp
meadow. Scattered Salix, Populus tremuloides, Alnus. OBSERVER: Matt G.
Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181550/a, visit () (event). natural history,
walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. Too small and damp for shrikes
but adjacent to large hayfield.
moved 0.6 km S.
505) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 49.7 708 44.88631N 76.20297W. TIME: 1553-1640. AIR TEMP: 19.5,
light overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: flowless muck & gravel
bedrock creek in grassy swamp. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler.
2007/200/ea, Elliptio complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca).
2+ adult, shell, captured, specimen. WAYPT/Y 146, 85, 83 mm alive, plus
shells. This is a remarkably soupy substrate, with much of the bottom
obscured by died-back vegetation, and chunky with Beaver wood. The
bottom is firmer sand & clay downstream, but there's fewer shells
there.
506) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/eb, Pyganodon
grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 1+ adult, shell, captured,
specimen. 77 mm alive, plus shells.
507) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/ec, Viviparus
georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). 9/abundant adult,
shell, seen. many shells & alive, 9 old shells in sample, largest 29.7
mm.
508) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/ed, Campeloma
decisum (Brown Mystery Snail) (Mollusca). several shell, seen. some
shells in bottom muck, none in preserved sample.
509) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/eea, Helisoma
trivolvus (Larger Eastern Ramshorn) (Mollusca). 1/several shell,
seen. some shells in bottom muck, 1 old shell in preserved sample.
510) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/eeb, Lymnaea
stagnalis (Great Pond Snail) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. 42.5 mm
shell in preserved sample.
511) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/eec, Sphaerium
simile () (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. 19 mm pair in preserved
sample.
512) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/ef, Rana
clamitans (Green Frog) (herp). many adult, juvenile, seen. many juvs
& 1 adult jumping into water.
513) (same location) TIME: 1553-1640. 2007/200/eg, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 1 adult, juvenile, seen. juv jumping out of
water.
moved 0.6 km N.
514) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. 44.89130N
76.20289WTIME: 1600ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Fencerow between hayfield and wet meadow. OBSERVER:
Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181600/a, visit () (event). natural
history, walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. Fencerow between
hayfield and meadow described in previous record. Could be connected by
removing Rhamnus (Buckthorn) and most large trees from fencerow.
Most trees are Thuja, Rhamnus (Buckthorn), or
Ulmus (Elm).
515) (same location) TIME: 1600ca. MGK 07 Oct 181600/b, Bonasa
umbellus (Ruffed Grouse) (Bird). 2 adult, seen, heard. flushed from
fencerow.
516) (same location) TIME: 1600ca. MGK 07 Oct 181600/c, Odocoileus
virginianus (Whitetail Deer) (Mammal). 3 adult, seen, heard. in
hayfield.
moved 0.2 km NE.
517) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. 44.89264N
76.20102WTIME: 1610ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Rockpile in patch of Thuja at edge of damp open
woodland area. MGK 07 Oct 181610/a, visit () (event). natural
history, walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. Mostly small rocks.
Too close to water table, too shaded to be a snake hibernaculum.
Underneath a Prunus serotina (Black Cherry). Woodland featured
Rhamnus (Buckthorn), Ulmus (Elm), Fraxinus (Ash),
Lonicera (Honeysuckle), Clematis (Clematis), Rhus
typhina (Staghorn Sumac), and Solidago (Goldenrod).
moved 0.0 km ESE.
518) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. 44.89249N
76.20044WTIME: 1620ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Cut up Black Cherry trunk. MGK 07 Oct 181620/a,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at
Risk habitat. Logs large and rotting in centre. Possible habitat for
SAR snakes, especially after they have rotted down a bit more.
moved 0.2 km ESE.
519) Perth Wildlife Reserve/4.4 km ESE Perth. 44.89209N
76.19843WTIME: 1630ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Dry short grass meadow. MGK 07 Oct 181630/a,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at
Risk habitat. Looks like good habitat for shrikes but probably too
small and isolated. One small Juniperus virginianus (Eastern Red
Cedar) noted. Also scattered Juniperus communis (Common
Juniper), Ulmus (Elm), Rhamnus (Buckthorn), Rhus
typhina (Staghorn Sumac), and Lonicera (Honeysuckle). Should
remove Rhamnus (Buckthorn) and replace with Crataegus
(Hawthorn).
moved 0.6 km SSW.
520) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 49.9 709 44.88719N 76.20275W. TIME: 1640. AIR TEMP: 19.5, light
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: rocky flowless creek in brushy
wetland. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/200/f, Castor
canadensis (Beaver) (Mammal). present dam, seen. WAYPT/Y 147, 50 cm
dam not holding the water back very much. Downstream limit of
2007/200/e sample.
moved 0.7 km NE.
521) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.5 km ESE Perth. 44.89210N
76.19750WTIME: 1640ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Dry short grass meadow. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK
07 Oct 181640/a, Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) (Plant). few
herb, seen. A few Milkweed noted. Still in the same meadow as the
previous record.
moved 0.1 km ESE.
522) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.6 km ESE Perth. 44.89163N
76.19606WTIME: 1650ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, light overcast, Beaufort light
breeze. HABITAT: Typha marsh/open Rhamnus cathartica shore of abandoned
farm. MGK 07 Oct 181650/a, Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter
Snake) (herp). 5 adult, seen, active, photo. all along water's edge, 1
injured. . . . upper right mandible swollen and protruding. Right eye
twice as big as normal and a uniform opaque cream colour. Photos taken.
moved 0.6 km SW.
523) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 51.1 709.6 44.88770N 76.20127W. TIME: 1655. AIR TEMP: 19 ca,
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: shallow gravel-over-bedrock
creek in brushy area. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/200/g,
visit () (event). natural history, wade. WAYPT/Y 148, bridgeless
abutments at creek. Notes here are really incomplete and confused.
There was a pile of scat that may have been Procyon lotor
(Raccoon) feeding on Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) fruit.
524) (same location) TIME: 1655. 2007/200/ga, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). 4+1 natural history,
specimen. 1 alive, 89.3 mm, 4 old thin inflated pairs, largest 94 mm.
Shells mostly upstream of here.
moved 0.5 km NE.
525) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.6 km ESE Perth. 44.89092N
76.19668WTIME: 1700ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: Large fallen tree. ca 90 cm diameter. rotten. many holes.
OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181700/a, visit () (event).
natural history, walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. Perhaps good
SAR snake habitat but not much sun. Found a geocache tucked into one of
the hollow limbs.
moved 0.2 km W.
526) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.4 km ESE Perth. 44.89100N
76.19875WTIME: 1710ca. AIR TEMP: 19 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: meadow of long grass and forbs (Solidago dominant). MGK 07 Oct
181710/a, Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) (Plant). 1 stand
herb, walk. Sizable stand observed in corner of meadow. Meadow slopes
down to Jebbs Wetland. No shrubs except one clump of Alnus
(Alder).
moved 0.2 km SSW.
527) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.4 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 52.4 711.2 44.88919N 76.19958W. TIME: 1715. AIR TEMP: 18 ca,
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: gravel/cobble creek through
grassy field. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/200/h, Elliptio
complanata (Eastern Elliptio) (Mollusca). shell, specimen. WAYPT/Y
149, inflated fairly old 90 mm pair.
moved 0.1 km NW.
528) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.4 km ESE Perth. 44.88966N
76.20028WTIME: 1720ca. AIR TEMP: 18 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: Large fallen tree in woodland of Beech, Elm, Ostrya, Rhamnus,
Bur Oak, Black Cherry. OBSERVER: Matt G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181720/a,
visit () (event). natural history, walk. survey of Species at
Risk habitat. Fallen tree is rotting. Old elm from early epidemics of
dutch elm disease? Surrounding woodland is mostly of quite small trees.
moved 0.1 km SW.
529) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.3 km ESE Perth. 44.88880N
76.20164WTIME: 1730ca. AIR TEMP: 18 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: Dry meadow. MGK 07 Oct 181730/a, Asclepias syriaca
(Common Milkweed) (Plant). scattered herb, seen. scattered plants.
Meadow is bordered by Jebbs Wetland to SE, buildings to NW, Woodland to
NE. Patch size would be increased if it were to be connected to
adjacent hayfield. Double fencerow to south.
moved 0.3 km ENE.
530) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.5 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 53.2 712.1 44.88997N 76.19856W. TIME: 1731. AIR TEMP: 18 ca,
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: floating-Potamogeton mucky
slow creek through grassy field. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler.
2007/200/ia, Lampsilis cardium () (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen.
WAYPT/Y 150, old inflated 117 mm F shell. Left the creek here to walk
along the shore
531) (same location) TIME: 1731. 2007/200/ib, Pyganodon grandis
(Common floater) (Mollusca). 1 shell, specimen. old thin inflated 111 mm
broken pair.
moved 0.1 km NE.
532) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.5 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 53.9 712.7 44.89052N 76.19776W. TIME: 1739. AIR TEMP: 17 ca,
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: floating-Potamogeton mucky
slow creek through tall-grassy meadow/marsh. 2007/201/aa, Pontederia
cordata (Pickerel-weed) (Plant). dominant herb, dead, seen. WAYPT/Y
152, lines the deep black creek here. This waypoint is at a turn in the
creek. I'm forcing my way through the grass on the banks. Surveying
this stretch for Unionids would require a sunny day and a canoe.
533) (same location) TIME: 1739. 2007/201/ab, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 1 juvenile, seen. ca 40 mm SVL, in grass.
moved 0.5 km WSW.
534) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.2 km ESE Perth. 44.88801N
76.20317WTIME: 1740ca. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast, Beaufort light breeze.
HABITAT: double fencerow with hayfields on either side. OBSERVER: Matt
G. Keevil. MGK 07 Oct 181740/a, visit () (event). natural
history, walk. survey of Species at Risk habitat. One fence is stone,
can't remove. Could remove other, increase in total open habitat
available. Along stone fencerow could clear Rhamnus (Buckthorn)
and most other trees, Acer negundo (Manitoba Maple),
Thuja, etc, and replace with Crataegus (Hawthorn).
moved 0.5 km ENE.
535) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve. UTM 18TVE 53.9 712.7
44.89052N 76.19776W. TIME: 1746. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, overcast, Beaufort
light breeze. HABITAT: cobble riffle in mucky slow creek through
tall-grassy meadow/marsh. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2007/201/ba,
visit () (event). natural history, wade. WAYPT/Y 153, this is
the end of the deep slow reach.
moved 0.1 km E.
536) Jebbs Creek, Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.7 km ESE Perth. UTM
18TVE 55.4 712.7 44.89061N 76.19588W. TIME: 1747. AIR TEMP: 17 ca,
overcast, Beaufort light breeze. HABITAT: cobble riffle in mucky slow
creek through tall-grassy meadow/marsh. 2007/201/bb, visit ()
(event). natural history, wade. WAYPT/Y 154, this is the same riffle as
2007/186/d. NO:Unionidae seen along here.
moved 0.3 km W.
537) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.4 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 52.8
713.2 44.89099N 76.19909W. TIME: 1752. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: brushy fencerow in low, flat abandoned farm near Typha marsh.
2007/201/c, Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) (Mammal).
1 adult, seen, AOR. ran across track.
moved 0.4 km WSW.
538) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 49.1
711 44.88894N 76.20373W. TIME: 1759. AIR TEMP: 16, overcast, calm.
HABITAT: parking lot in abandoned farm in yg forest/Buckthorn 2 nd
growth. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Matt G. Keevil. 2007/201/d,
arrival () (event). natural history, walk. we both arrive at
Jeep simultaneously. . . . and leave for rendezvous with AKS & Judy
Courteau at Tim Hortons on Co Road 1.
moved 2.1 km WSW.
539) Perth Wildlife Reserve Rd/Co Road 1, 3.1 km SE Perth. UTM
18TVE 30.4 701.5 44.88013N 76.22726W. TIME: 1812. AIR TEMP: 16,
overcast, calm. HABITAT: brushy roadside. 2007/201/e, Rhus
radicans (Poison Ivy) (Plant). 1/dominant shrub, shed, specimen.
WAYPT/Y 155, 80 cm upright clump in 50 m stand along road. Leaves red
and falling.
moved 2.7 km NNW.
540) : : : Tay River. UTM 18TVE 16 724.8 44.90098N 76.24600W.
TIME: 1907. AIR TEMP: 15 ca, overcast, calm. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 2007/201/f, () (). . WAYPT/Y 156. "Tay Watershed
Discovery Evening" - Open House and Exhibition
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Perth
On Thursday, October 18 th, the Friends of the Tay Watershed will host
their annual public open house, with Paula Sherman as the featured
speaker. Ms. Sherman is Co-chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
and an associate professor at Trent University.
The evening will also include a large exhibition of about 30
organisations, focusing on a range of currently important water and
environment subjects, including mining exploration and uranium; the
status of rural and Perth water supplies; new programs to protect water
supplies; upgrading wells and septic systems; Lake Management Planning
Programs; climate change; watershed information systems; and much more.
The Friends? Annual Environmental Awards will be presented, and the
evening will be topped off with a five-item celebrity auction.
This evening is open to the public, there is no admission charge, and
there will be something of interest for everyone.
Please come, get informed, enjoy the contacts and refreshments, and
support the numerous initiatives that will be featured.
Our keynote speaker - Paula Sherman - has been a leader for the First
Nations in challenging the exploration of uranium mining in the
Frontenac-Mississippi area, based on several complex and related issues
- including the environmental dangers to water and land resources of
Uranium mining, native land rights, updating of the archaic Mining Act
and the expansion of nuclear energy in Ontario. Ms. Sherman, resident
in the Ardoch area, is a mother of four and grandmother of three - and
teaches in the Native Studies Department of Trent University.
Exhibits open from 6:30 to 7:45 pm; Presentations at 7:45 pm
For more information on this event, and the Friends, visit their web
site at www. tayriver. org
Friends of the Tay Watershed
P. O. Box 2065, 57 Foster St.
Perth, ON, K 7 H 3 M 9
(613) 264 0094
www. tayriver. org
25 April 2008
moved 9.8 km E.
541) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay River
backwater@Hwy 43, Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N
76.12252W. TIME: 2126-2128. AIR TEMP: 17, overcast. HABITAT: Tay River
backwater behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick
W. Schueler. 2008/061/ha, Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus
Frog) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus. Road surface dry from Perth
to here. There are some DORs on the road here, but I didn't get out of
the van to examinie them.
542) (same location) TIME: 2126-2128. 2008/061/hb, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 3 call, heard. chorus.
543) (same location) TIME: 2126-2128. 2008/061/hc, Rana
sylvatica (Wood Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few calling.
544) (same location) TIME: 2126-2128. 2008/061/hd, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few calling.
545) (same location) TIME: 2126-2128. 2008/061/he, Bufo
americanus (American Toad) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few
calling.
3 May 2008
moved 6.9 km WSW.
546) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Jebbs Crk/Co Road 1. UTM
18TVE06 47 695 44.87454N 76.20613W. TIME: 1105. HABITAT: peaty
lake-outlet, Typha-Lythrum marsh, deciduous forest. OBSERVER: Frederick
W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2008/069/g, visit ()
(event). lost, drive. bridge being rebuilt, realize we're going the
wrong way. So we turn around.
moved 6.0 km ENE.
547) Port Elmsley Road, 4.7 km N Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM 18TVE
105.3 710.5 44.88929N 76.13265W. TIME: 1450ca. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, light
overcast, breezy. HABITAT: brushy/grassy oldfields. 2008/072/g,
Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, male, DOR.
WAYPT/Y 134, freshly flattened M(by claws), ca 100 mm PL.
5 May 2008
moved 0.9 km ENE.
548) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay R/Port
Elmsley Road. UTM 18TVE 113.7 713 44.89159N 76.12200W. TIME:
1244-1249. HABITAT: small rocky river in town. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Judy Courteau. 2008/078/f, visit () (event). natural
history, walk. WAYPT/Y 198, looking for drift, but found none. . . . as
the river just rushes straight past the bridge and adjacent houses.
549) (same location) TIME: 1244-1249. HABITAT: bridge over small rocky
river in town. 2008/078/fa, Testudinata (Turtle) (herp). few egg,
prey of predator, seen. old shells from predator-opened nests on SE
gravel roadside. . . . but none in the sparsely vegetated soil on the
slope below the road, which looks much nicer as substrate, but is
doubtless more shaded.
moved 2.4 km SW.
550) Tay Canal/Port Elmsley Road, 2.5 km SW Port Elmsley. UTM
18TVE 98 695.4 44.87552N 76.14160W. TIME: 1249. HABITAT: narrow canal
in brushy oldfield/deciduous woods. 2008/078/g, reference
(cartigraphic reference) (event). driveby. WAYPT/Y 199, unarmoured
shores to canal. . . . giving this scene a very rural character.
moved 1.6 km SW.
551) 2.4 km NNW Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM 18TVE 85.6 684.6
44.86570N 76.15712W. TIME: 1253. HABITAT: roadside of brushy oldfield.
2008/078/ha, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum) (Plant). few shrub, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 200, shrubs W of road.
moved 0.2 km SW.
552) 2.4 km NW Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM 18TVE 84.6 683.4
44.86457N 76.15828W. TIME: 1253. HABITAT: roadside of brushy oldfield.
2008/078/hb, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum) (Plant). few shrub, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 201, shrubs W of road.
moved 0.1 km SW.
553) 2.3 km NW Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM 18TVE 84.1 682.7
44.86394N 76.15892W. TIME: 1253. HABITAT: roadside of brushy oldfield.
2008/078/hc, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum) (Plant). few shrub, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 202, shrubs W of road.
moved 5.1 km WNW.
554) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.4 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 39.8
707.4 44.88556N 76.21544W. TIME: 1746. HABITAT: brushy Rhamnus
cathartica roadside. 2008/081/aa, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). few shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 221, shrubs S of
road.
moved 0.1 km E.
555) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.5 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 40.7
707.5 44.88567N 76.21441W. TIME: 1746. HABITAT: brushy Rhamnus
cathartica roadside. 2008/081/ab, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). few shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 222, shrubs S of
road.
moved 0.1 km E.
556) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.6 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 41.3
707.5 44.88573N 76.21364W. TIME: 1746. HABITAT: brushy Rhamnus
cathartica roadside. 2008/081/ac, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). few shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 223, shrubs S of
road.
moved 0.2 km E.
557) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.7 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 43.4
707.9 44.88609N 76.21099W. TIME: 1747. HABITAT: brushy Rhamnus
cathartica roadside. 2008/081/ba, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). few shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 224, shrubs N of
road.
moved 0.2 km ENE.
558) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 3.8 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 45
708.7 44.88683N 76.20899W. TIME: 1747. HABITAT: brushy Rhamnus
cathartica roadside. 2008/081/bb, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). few shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 225, shrubs S of rd
at entrance gates.
moved 0.4 km ENE.
559) Perth Wildlife Reserve, 4.1 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 48.4
709.9 44.88800N 76.20460W. TIME: 1750-1806. AIR TEMP: 17 ca, sunny,
Beaufort moderate breeze. HABITAT: excavated pond in grassy oldfield.
2008/081/ca, Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1+?
call, heard. calling with trills & few peeps, never more than 1 calling.
Very Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) -like.
560) (same location) TIME: 1750-1806. 2008/081/cb, Rana pipiens
(Leopard Frog) (herp). 1+? call, heard. few calls.
561) (same location) TIME: 1750-1806. 2008/081/cc, Chrysemys
picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1 adult, seen, bask. ca 125 mm PL,
basking on small floating log.
moved 1.1 km WSW.
562) Perth Sewage Reserve, 3.3 km ESE Perth. UTM 18TVE 37.9
707.5 44.88564N 76.21789W. TIME: 1809. HABITAT: flooded
deadtree/brushy area near grassy berm. 2008/081/da, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 2 call, heard.
WAYPT/Y 226, small intermittant chorus of shrill trills.
563) (same location) TIME: 1809-1812. 2008/081/db, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). 1 call, heard. few peeps & trills.
Trills instantly distinguishable from those of Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog), though in the absence of that
species they might have caused puzzlement.
moved 1.0 km SW.
564) Co Road 1/PWR entrance road, 3.1 km SE Perth. UTM 18TVE
30.1 701.3 44.87998N 76.22766W. TIME: 1816. HABITAT: shrubby roadside
fencerow, grassy fields. 2008/081/e, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum)
(Plant). 1 shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 227, shrub SW of
intersection.
moved 5.8 km ENE.
565) Highway 43, 2.9 km W Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 85.5 717.9
44.89564N 76.15781W. TIME: 1849. HABITAT: roadside residential lawn.
2008/081/f, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum) (Plant). 1 shrub, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 228, shrub S of road, in yard. I'd
relaxed my waypointing finger, and missed a couple stands along Highway
43 from Perth to here.
moved 1.8 km E.
566) Highway 43, 1.2 km WNW Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 103.3 717.5
44.89554N 76.13528W. TIME: 1850. HABITAT: roadside brushy area.
2008/081/g, Prunus nigra (Canada Plum) (Plant). several shrub, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 229, shrubs in brushy area.
moved 1.0 km ESE.
567) North Elmsley: Tay River backwater@Hwy 43, Port Elmsley. UTM
18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N 76.12252W. TIME: 1851-1852. HABITAT: Tay
River backwater behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. 2008/081/h,
Pseudacris triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 1 call,
heard. small chorus N of road.
12 May 2008
568) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Tay River backwater@Hwy 43, Port
Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 113.3 714.8 44.89321N 76.12252W. TIME:
2230-2232. AIR TEMP: 12, light overcast, calm. HABITAT: Tay River
backwater behind highway, Salix/Acer/Populus woods. OBSERVER: Frederick
W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2008/091/fa, Pseudacris
crucifer (Spring Peeper) (herp). index 2 call, heard. small chorus,
traffic noise.
569) (same location) TIME: 2230-2232. 2008/091/fb, Pseudacris
triseriata (Striped Chorus Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few
calling, traffic noise.
570) (same location) TIME: 2230-2232. 2008/091/fc, Hyla
versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog) (herp). 1 call, heard. 1
calling, traffic noise.
14 May 2008
moved 0.9 km WSW.
571) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Port Elmsley Road, 4.7 km N
Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM 18TVE 105.3 710.5 44.88929N 76.13265W.
TIME: 1212. AIR TEMP: 22 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT: brushy/grassy
oldfields. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2008/092/e, Pandion
haliaetus (Osprey) (Bird). 1 adult, food, seen, driveby. rising from
W with big fish in talons.
moved 3.5 km S.
572) North Elmsley: Rideau R@Rideau Ferry Conservation Area. UTM
18TVE 103.2 675.8 44.85791N 76.13469W. TIME: 1715-1728. AIR TEMP: 21
ca, OVCC, breezy. HABITAT: artificial bathing beach on stepped limestone
lawnpark shore of canal lake. 2008/095/a, Mollusca () (Mollusca).
shell, drift, specimen. WAYPT/046, mixed sample from N & S ends of the
beach. Conspicuous shells are Viviparus georgiana and
Helisoma campanulatum (Bell-mouth Ramshorn) in the drift on the
beach and the south end, with a fine peaty material with styrofoam
flakes from under big Salix (Willow) trees at the north end.
Bottled 21 Dec 2008.
moved 0.1 km N.
573) Rideau R@Rideau Ferry Conservation Area. UTM 18TVE 103.3
676.3 44.85841N 76.13460W. TIME: 1716. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, OVCC, breezy.
HABITAT: marshy stepped limestone lawnpark shore of canal lake.
2008/095/b, Ondatra zibethicus (Muskrat) (Mammal). 1 adult, see,
heard. WAYPT/045, flopped into water & swam away underwater.
moved 0.1 km S.
574) Rideau R@Rideau Ferry Conservation Area. UTM 18TVE 103.1
675.2 44.85740N 76.13478W. TIME: 1728. AIR TEMP: 21 ca, OVCC, breezy.
HABITAT: sandy low flats near bathing beach on stepped limestone
lawnpark canal lake-shore. 2008/095/c, Taraxacum palustre
(Oldfield Dandelion) (Plant). common herb, in bloom, seen. WAYPT/046,
40% of Taraxacum on sandy low flats here. Though Taraxacum
officinale (Common Dandelion) is dominant in most of the
Conservation Area.
25 May 2008
moved 1.2 km SSW.
575) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Rideau Ferry bridge. UTM
18TVE 98.2 664.1 44.84743N 76.14078W. TIME: 1307. AIR TEMP: 23 ca,
sunny, windy. HABITAT: canal-river in cottagy settlement. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler. 2008/104/f, Helisoma campanulatum
(Bell-mouth Ramshorn) (Mollusca). 2 shell, drift, seen. in drift that's
50% styrofoam chunks, N end of bridge. Among the fisher-trampled
boulders under the span. This is the only concentrated drift seen along
this shore. It's accompanied by Nuphar (Yellow Waterlily)
rhizomes, stryofoam, Birch bark, and bladder bottles.
2 June 2008
moved 5.3 km NNE.
576) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Port Elmsley,
Highway 43/Port Elmsley Road. UTM 18TVE 114.8 714.1 44.89257N
76.12070W. TIME: 1510. AIR TEMP: 23 ca, cloudy, breezy. HABITAT: rural
village@mouth of rocky river@canal. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler,
Corey Wood. 2008/112/f, reference (cartigraphic reference)
(event). natural history, drive. WAYPT/Y 303, road patchily wet on
diverse scales.
5 June 2008
moved 0.4 km ESE.
577) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Highway 43@Rideau
Canal, 0.4 km ESE Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE 118.3 713.1 44.89173N
76.11627W. TIME: 1400-1406. AIR TEMP: 26 ca, sunny, breezy. HABITAT:
grassy rdside/marshy canal-river/residences. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler. 2008/117/da, Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). 1
adult, female, DOR. WAYPT/BI 080, big crushed F(by claw length).
moved 0.1 km E.
578) Highway 43@Rideau Canal, 0.4 km ESE Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE
119 712.9 44.89161N 76.11527W. TIME: 1400-1406. AIR TEMP: 26 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: grassy rdside/marshy canal-river/residences.
2008/117/db, Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox) (Mammal). 1 juvenile, DOR.
WAYPT/BI 081, large juvenile crushed, rufous pelage.
579) (same location) TIME: 1400-1406. 2008/117/dc, Hyla
versicolor (Tetraploid Gray Treefrog) (herp). index 1 call, heard.
few calling from marshy pond N of highway.
moved 0.1 km W.
580) Rideau Canal@Hwy 43, 0.4 km ESE Port Elmsley. UTM 18TVE
118.4 712.9 44.89155N 76.11609W. TIME: 1400-1406. AIR TEMP: 26 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: grassy rdside/marshy canal-river/residences.
2008/117/dd, Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Flag) (Plant). 1 herb, in
bloom, seen. WAYPT/BI 082, 1 bloom at water's edge between canal &
parking area.
581) (same location) TIME: 1400-1406. 2008/117/de, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). index 1 call, heard. few calls from
marshy bay of canal.
17 August 2008
moved 9.8 km W.
582) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Perth: Last Duel Park. UTM
18TVE 20.9 723.2 44.89956N 76.23976W. TIME: 0920. AIR TEMP: 20 ca,
sunny, calm. HABITAT: oldfields & ditches along highway. OBSERVER:
Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler, Robert Forsyth.
2008/182/f, Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) (Plant).
common herb, in bloom, seen, driveby. low intense patches of this
species along Hw 43 from Smiths Falls. Past Perth, we head west on
Highway 7.
9 May 2009
moved 6.6 km E.
583) : : : Highway 43, 5.4 km NNW Rideau Ferry. UTM 18TVE 86.7
717.3 44.89513N 76.15630W. TIME: 0920. AIR TEMP: 16 ca, overcast.
HABITAT: brushy oldfield. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad
Schueler. 2009/059/h, Meleagris gallopavo (Turkey) (Bird). 2
adult, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 068, N of road.
moved 5.8 km W.
584) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Highway 43, 1.9 km E Perth.
UTM 18TVE 29.6 729 44.90494N 76.22885W. TIME: 0923. AIR TEMP: 16 ca,
overcast. HABITAT: railway/rdside. 2009/059/i, Prunus nigra
(Canada Plum) (Plant). 1 clump shrub, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y
069, clump in dense bloom N of road.
27 May 2009
moved 11.8 km SSW.
585) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Burgess: Burgess Township Hall,
Narrows Lock Road. UTM 18TUE 976.6 623.6 44.80926N 76.29384W.
TIME: 0935. AIR TEMP: 13 ca. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta
Karstad Schueler. WAYPT/BURG, arrival () (event). drive.
WAYPT/BURG, for Freshwater Mussel & Native Crayfish Workshop.
moved 0.2 km N.
586) Burgess Township Hall, Narrows Lock Road. UTM 18TUE 976.5
625.5 44.81103N 76.29401W. TIME: 0935. AIR TEMP: 13 ca. WAYPT/Y 128,
reference (cartigraphic reference) (event). cartography, drive.
WAYPT/Y 128, parkinglot waypt only 11 m from Google Map coords.
24 July 2009
moved 12.4 km NNE.
587) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: Highway 43, 3.3 km E Perth.
UTM 18TVE 43.3 729.8 44.90580N 76.21145W. TIME: 1500-1504. AIR TEMP:
23, sunny, cloudy, breezy. HABITAT: brushy/grassy rdside/trackside, with
small Elms & Parsnips, among fields & residences. OBSERVER: Frederick W.
Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler. 2009/156/a, cf Sium suave
(Water Parsnip) (). codominant herb, in bloom, specimen. WAYPT/Y 104,
scattered stand N of road. There was also a stand of "another
Umbellifer, " N of the highway just W of Merrickville.
moved 0.3 km W.
588) Highway 43, 3.0 km E Perth. UTM 18TVE 40.7 729.6 44.90556N
76.21479W. TIME: 1509. AIR TEMP: 23, sunny, cloudy, breezy. HABITAT:
brushy/grassy rdside/trackside, brushy oldfield. 2009/156/b, cf Sium
suave (Water Parsnip) (). codominant herb, in bloom, seen, driveby.
WAYPT/Y 105, in grass between highway & tracks. . . . continuous along
the tracks or highway from the collection site.
moved 7.0 km WNW.
589) Highway 511, 4.5 km NW Perth. UTM 18TUE 975.6 754.8
44.92739N 76.29768W. TIME: 1520. AIR TEMP: 24, sunny, breezy. HABITAT:
roadside brushy Typha marsh. 2009/156/d, Cathartes aura (Turkey
Vulture) (Bird). 5 adult, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 106, circling over the
road & swamp.
moved 4.4 km NW.
590) Highway 511, 6.8 km SSE Lanark. UTM 18TUE 951.4 791.2
44.95974N 76.32914W. TIME: 1523. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: grassy rdsides/grassy fields. 2009/156/e, Pastinaca
sativa (Parsnip) (Plant). abundant herb, in bloom, prey of predator,
seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 107, modest levels of Depressaria pastinacella
webs. This is the first place on the drive from home that we've seen
even a modest frequency of webworms on the roadside Parsnips.
moved 6.8 km NNW.
591) Lanark Village: Lanark@Hwy 511 intersection. 31F/1, UTM
18TUE 926.1 854.2 45.01612N 76.36251W. TIME: 1529. AIR TEMP: 24 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: town. 2009/156/ga, reference
(cartigraphic reference) (event). driveby. WAYPT/Y 109, trying to find
the centre of Lanark.
moved 0.1 km WNW.
592) Highway 511/Clyde River, Lanark. UTM 18TUE 925.6 854.4
45.01622N 76.36316W. TIME: 1529. AIR TEMP: 24 ca, sunny, breezy.
HABITAT: bridge in town. 2009/156/gb, reference (cartigraphic
reference) (event). driveby. WAYPT/Y 110, trying to find the centre of
Lanark.
28 July 2009
moved 23.5 km SE.
593) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: North Elmsley: Tay R/Port
Elmsley Road. 31C/16, UTM 18TVE 113.7 713 44.89159N 76.12200W.
TIME: 1358-1407. AIR TEMP: 28, sunny, windy. HABITAT: bridge over
highwater rocky river in town, bed green with filiamentous algae.
OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler. 2009/165/fa, Chelydra serpentina
(Snapping Turtle) (herp). 1+nests egg, prey of predator, seen. 1
predated nest right at edge of pavement under guard rail. . . . SW of
bridge, among Melilotus alba (White Sweet-clover), Medicago
sativa (Alfalfa), Vicia cracca, and Yarrow. There's
one other site with shells along the curb turning the coner to the
street to the SW, and 4 other digging sites.
594) (same location) TIME: 1358-1407. 2009/165/fb, Rana
catesbeiana (Bull Frog) (herp). 1 adult, DOR. dry flake on road, 10
smaller anuran flakes nearby.
moved 14.4 km W.
595) Bathurst: Tay R@Glen Tay bridge. UTM 18TUE 969.8 698.4
44.87651N 76.30397W. TIME: 1431-1434. AIR TEMP: 28 ca, cloudy, windy.
HABITAT: highwater clear river, low weirs, limestone bedrock/sand bed,
in village. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta Karstad Schueler.
2009/166/ca, visit () (event). natural history, seen. water too
high to plausibly search for Crayfish or Unionids. "What we have here
is vast amount of water, making its unhurried way to the sea. "
596) (same location) TIME: 1431-1434. HABITAT: brushy garden near
highwater clear river in village. 2009/166/cb, Alliaria petiolata
(Garlic Mustard) (Plant). common herb, seen. in brushy garden Sw of
bridge. Nearby a male senior citzen Home sapiens was spraying
what we took to be herbicide on a driveway and garden borders: doubtless
this is a senior citizanal duty, depite the present provincial
prohibition of recreational pesticides. But maybe it was manure tea
that he was spraying.
moved 11.4 km SW.
597) Orion Clarks, 691 North Shore Road. UTM 18TUE 874.8 635.6
44.81855N 76.42280W. TIME: 1448-1549. AIR TEMP: 28 ca, cloudy, windy.
HABITAT: rocky Black Oak/sugar Maple forest on lakeshore@cottage.
2009/166/d, Tibiacen (Dogday Cicada) (entomological). 1(+?) call,
heard. WAYPT/Y 143, a few whines. FWS met with Orion while AKS slept in
the car.
moved 2.7 km ENE.
598) Tay R/Co Road 6, 1.7 km ENE Christie Lake(settlement).
31C/16 T, UTM 18TUE 901.8 641 44.82386N 76.38878W. TIME:
1556-1605. AIR TEMP: 27, cloudy, windy. HABITAT: fast deep clear
granite/boulder/gravel/muck river, oldfield/fencerow shores.
2009/166/ea, Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle) (herp). many
egg, nest, prey of predator, seen. lots of opened nests & digging,
mostly SW of bridge. But some in all quadrats: a very dug-up bridge.
599) (same location) TIME: 1556-1605. 2009/166/eb, Chrysemys
picta (Painted Turtle) (herp). present egg, nest, prey of predator,
seen. opened nests & digging, most identifiably NE of bridge. Water
high, but not so high as to make a survey impossible.
moved 0.1 km SE.
600) Tay R/Co Road 6, 3.0 km SW Dewitt Corners. 31C/16, UTM
18TUE 902.5 640 44.82301N 76.38782W. TIME: 1605. AIR TEMP: 27, cloudy,
windy. HABITAT: grassy rdside/grassy oldflelds. 2009/166/f,
Lupinus (not listed) (Plant). 1 stand herb, in fruit, seen,
driveby. dense patch between road & fence S of bridge.
moved 2.0 km SW.
601) Co Road 6, 1.4 km SSE Christie Lake(settlement). UTM 18TUE
890.1 624.2 44.80857N 76.40315W. TIME: 1608. AIR TEMP: 28 ca, cloudy,
windy. HABITAT: brushy oldfield/young woods. 2009/166/g, Mephitis
mephitis (Striped Skunk) (Mammal). 1 juvenile, DOR, driveby. WAYPT/Y
144, DOR small juvenile.
moved 2.5 km WSW.
602) Co Road 6, 3.1 km SSW Christie Lake(settlement). UTM 18TUE
869.2 611.1 44.79642N 76.42925W. TIME: 1610. AIR TEMP: 28 ca, cloudy,
windy. HABITAT: brushy oldfield/woodland on knolly Shield. 2009/166/h,
Melilotus alba (White Sweet-clover) (Plant). dominant herb, in
bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 145, billowy clouds along roadside.
NO:Pastinaca sativa here! Once again we're impressed by the lack of
public access to the south shore of Christie Lake.
moved 5.7 km WSW.
603) Tay R/Co Road 36. UTM 18TUE 816.3 589.9 44.77654N
76.49572W. TIME: 1620-1627. AIR TEMP: 28, sunny, windy. HABITAT: rocky
brownwater river in Typha marsh. 2009/167/aa, Lythrum salicaria
(Purple Loosestrife) (Plant). common herb, in bloom, prey of predator,
seen. WAYPT/Y 146, leaves very perforate, stems twisted. Some of these
were pushing up through the barren rock embankmentsd of a recent bridge
reconstruction.
Water is high and somewhat greenish, too deep right here to sample for
macro invertebrates so we'll have to go upstream or downstream for
sampling.
604) (same location) TIME: 1620-1627. 2009/167/ab, Tibiacen
(Dogday Cicada) (entomological). 1 call, heard. whining.
moved 1.2 km NNW.
605) rail bridge 3.3 km NNE Bolingbroke. 31C/15, UTM 18TUE 811.5
600.6 44.78608N 76.50198W. TIME: 1630-1637. AIR TEMP: 28, sunny,
windy. HABITAT: bridge over rail line in rockcut through mixed forest.
2009/167/ba, Sium suave (Water Parsnip) (Plant). common herb, in
bloom, seen. WAYPT/Y 147, scattered all along tracks to W of bridge. .
. . even up on the walls of the rockcut.
NO:Pastinaca sativa here.
606) (same location) TIME: 1630-1637. HABITAT: rocky roadside at bridge
over rail line in rockcut through mixed forest. 2009/167/bb,
Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress Spurge) (Plant). 1/1 patch herb,
in fruit, specimen. 1 stand along road S of bridge, only a few green
seeds.
moved 3.2 km SSW.
607) Tay R@Bolingbroke bridge. UTM 18TUE 797 571.7 44.75981N
76.51963W. TIME: 1648-1650. AIR TEMP: 28 ca, sunny, windy. HABITAT:
high bridge over clear coarse cobble stream in gorge-like valley in
village. 2009/167/c, Cystopteris bulbifera (Bulblet Fern)
(Plant). abundant herb, in bloom, seen, driveby. WAYPT/Y 148, densely on
cliffs above bridge. When we're sampling here, we'll have to sample
well downstream and upstream of the bridge.
see BMNHC/FoTW 2009
survey of Tay macro-invertebrates for 10-14 August 2009 observations.
15 August 2009
moved 8.9 km SW.
1069) Canada: Ontario: Lanark County: 3.9 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM
18TUE 830.4 584.8 44.77213N 76.47772W. TIME: 1030ca. AIR TEMP: 30 ca,
sunny, breezy. HABITAT: mountain trail. OBSERVER: Jeff Ward --
communicated to: Aleta Karstad Schueler. AKS 09 Aug 151030/a,
Neohelix () (Mollusca). 2 shell, specimen. broken mature shells.
O'Brien Lake bioblitz. Position recorded as 18 T 383072 4958700, +/- 9
m, presumed NAD 83.
moved 0.3 km SSE.
1070) O'Brien L@King's dock, 3.6 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE
831.7 581.6 44.76926N 76.47606W. TIME: 1100. AIR TEMP: 30 ca, sunny,
breezy. HABITAT: steep rocky bank of mesotrophic clearwater lake at
lawn. OBSERVER: Aleta Karstad Schueler. AKS 09 Aug 151100/a,
Pyganodon grandis (Common floater) (Mollusca). 3 shell, specimen.
WAYPT/Y 069, 113, 102, & 54 mm not-fresh thin valves.
1071) (same location) TIME: 1100. AKS 09 Aug 151100/b, Ferrissia
() (Mollusca). 1 adult, specimen. on Pyganodon grandis valve.
moved 0.3 km ENE.
1072) O'Brien L@Turner Pt, 3.9 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE
834.4 582.1 44.76980N 76.47266W. TIME: 1110. AIR TEMP: 30 ca, sunny,
breezy. HABITAT: rocky point in mesotrophic clearwater lake. AKS 09 Aug
151110/a, Viviparus georgianus (Banded Mystery Snail) (Mollusca).
27 adult, shell, specimen. WAYPT/Y 070, alive & shells, largest 27.2
mm.
moved 0.4 km W.
1073) Barbara & Jeff King's, 3.5 km ENE Bolingbroke. UTM 18TUE
830.7 582.4 44.77001N 76.47735W. TIME: 1115. AIR TEMP: 30 ca, sunny,
breezy. AKS 09 Aug 151115/a, reference (cartigraphic reference)
(event). drive. WAYPT/Y 071, #602 O'Brien Lake Lane.