Sunday, October 13, 2013

Field Notes: October, 13 2013

Today was a beautiful, but windy day on the lake.  There were a number of ducks, on the lake, wood ducks on the dredge bank, ruddy ducks in open water, and a pair of bluebills in Bluebill Bay, go figure.  This year's bulrush plantings are doing very well, and the 2012 surviving plantings a doing good.  The large marsh on the east end of the lake, by Old Ditch Road was ablaze with the high winds.  
2013 Bulrush Planting

Marsh fire, east end of Lake Puckaway


View from Hwy 73


Tuesday, October 8, 2013

October 8, 2013 Water Monitoring Report

Fall is in the air, and ducks and geese are on the lake.  Water temperature flirted with 60 F, but it just wouldn't get up there while I was on the lake.  Unfortunately I ran out of time to run up river for a Secchi (water clarity) reading.