Stream Team 10-20-2026

 

Stream Team 10-20-26, Calico Creek in Rand Park

Participants--

Pam Cook

Jeff Hoeper

Sharon Holland 

William Holland

Ed Metcalf

Robert Piorkowski 

Lori Shockley 

Mark Shockley 

Margie Smotherman 

Phil Thompson

Karen Woods 


Macroinvertebrate identification is hard work for eyes, hands, and heads.

The findings --  (Sharon Holland probably got more pictures to share):

Water Penny and adult Stonefly

Better Image of Stonefly

Caddisfly

And, the star of the show -- at least for Jeff -- 

Male Orangethroat Darter

Curious Darter

Finally, stream banks can be great places for wildflowers hunting.

Conoclinium coelestinum, Blue Mistflower

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)