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Natural Heritage Update Bob Morris Credit Valley Conservation Natural Heritage Update Monitoring Program EAB Breeding Bird Survey Coyotes White Sucker Spawning Run Monitoring Update Many disciplines only sample

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Bob Morris Credit Valley Conservation

Natural Heritage Update

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Natural Heritage Update

  • Monitoring Program
  • EAB Breeding Bird Survey
  • Coyotes
  • White Sucker Spawning Run
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Monitoring Update

  • Many disciplines only sample every other year.
  • No unusual water quality samples or flow events.
  • Frog call recorders employed this spring. Hoping to reconfirm wood frog from

2011.

  • Marsh restoration project has a separate coastal wetland monitoring program

in partnership with Canadian Wildlife Service.

  • More pike and turtles observed anecdotally
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EAB Breeding Bird Survey

  • Forestry crew delayed cutting near some late nesting birds surveyed:
  • Coopers Hawk in a large TreeAzin injected ash.
  • Eastern Wood Peewee and Wood Thrush (SAR)
  • Thrush, Carolinian Wren, Red Eyed Vireo and Cardinal nests parasitized by

Cowbird indicative of edge vs. interior forest habitat.

  • Also observed Black Crown Night Heron and call response from Virginia Rail

(SAR).

  • Increasing numbers of Pileated, Hairy, Downy and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers

feeding on EAB?

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Coyote Public Meeting

  • Mississauga Animal Control and MNRF expert educated all on biology,

behaviour and adaptations to urban environment.

  • Generally common and not aggressive.
  • Caution regarding pets and respecting a safe distance, especially when with

pups.

  • No aggressive incidents, but report any incidents you consider dangerous to

Animal Control (905 896 5858).

  • Do not turn and run. Pick up or control your dog.
  • Unfortunate incident with small dog off leash at Rattray. Caution signs posted.
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White Sucker Spawning Run

  • Education signage posted due to historical issues.
  • No angling, spearing or netting permitted in Rattray.
  • One of many native species used by First Nations (net stones found at

Rattray).

  • Most dominant biomass in Credit and ecologically important in transferring

energy from benthic invertebrates up food web.

  • Call 1 877 TIPS MNR if poaching observed.