Master Naturalist photos

Master Naturalist Field Trip on May 19th, 2007 in Davis Creek at Kanawha State Forest

Field notes

Kanawha State Forest - Davis Creek below Trout Pond

Brook Trout
Brown Trout
Creek chub
Greenside darter
Bluntnose minnow
Hog sucker

Blacknose Dace

Bluegill

Rock Bass

Stoneroller minnow
White sucker
Large mouth bass
Green sunfish
Rainbow darter
Fantail darter
Silverjaw minnow
Stripe shiner

Mayfly
Stonefly
Caddisfly
Diptera
Hellgrammite
Dragonfly
Crayfish

We captured some stream insects and crustaceans using nets.

Here are a couple under magnification.

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Mayfly

Then we went after bigger stream dwellers. Dan stunned the fish with electrodes. The fish then could be netted if you were quick, since they recovered very quickly. The fish were collected in buckets for identification, then released.

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Dan with the electrodes	Dan stunned them, while some of the group netted them.
He had lots of help

There were some pretty big Trout in that creek	As well as Green Sunfish
And Suckers	And Minnows
Trout