It was a beautiful day for being outside and LFWA’s Stream Monitoring team was excited to be in the water looking for the benthic macro-invertebrates that give us an indication of the health of the Little Falls Branch. The weather was beautiful; the results discouraging. We found only 8 different species of organisms - caddisfly larva, damsel fly nymph, sow bug, aquatic worms, black fly larvae, midges, minnow mayfly nymph, an Asian clam, and sow bugs - putting the creek on the upper end of “poor” for bio-diversity.
Benthic Macroinvertebrate
It’s always fun to spend an afternoon hunting for Macro-invertebrates in the Little Falls Branch. Even though, the steam remains in “poor” condition, the stream monitoring team is the best! The star of the fall monitoring was planaria. We found 28!
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Another fun bird walk last Sunday. It’s the fall migration, so it was a chance to spot some birds that are just passing through on their way south. America Robins were feasting on the Hawthorns - too many to count! Thank you so much to Adele O’Dowd for arranging these and to Pete Givan for leading the group.
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The latest issue of the Norwood Park Arboriculture Project newsletter is filled with compelling news and ideas. Please take a few moments to see what's new with the trees around the Park, and how you can help the ecology in your yards, pots and community spaces:Learn about their events for the fall, the bioblitz conducted last spring and the interns who conducted the research, facts about local flora and fauna and more.
