Northeast Creek Streamwatch

Northeast Creek StreamWatch performed monitoring at the bridge on Grandale Road. This is the bridge that has a USGS Monitoring Station that monitors stream flow and depth on a realtime basis.

After conducting the monitoring tests, the group hiked along the Corps of Engineers boundary trail and across the power line easement to some rock cliffs beyond a drained beaver pond.

On October 26, 2005, a few folks committed to becoming volunteer stream monitors for Northeast Creek.

Michael Pollock provided information about the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Stream Watch program. A Stream Watch is a group of volunteer stream monitors who commit to monitoring a stream location quarterly. There was enough interest that the first meeting of Northeast Creek StreamWatch was on October 26, 2005.

Cottontail (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Mammal Tracks

Opossum tracks

Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Bird habitat

Woodpecker hole

Toads

Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri)

Snakes

Kingsnakes

Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)

Turtles

Box Turtles

Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Mantis

Mantis

Butterflies

Monarchs

Monarch - adult (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch - caterpillar (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch - chrysalis (Danaus plexippus)

Swallowtails

Black Swallowtail - adult (Papilio polyxenes)

Black Swallowtail - adult (Papilio polyxenes)

Tiger Swallowtail - adult (Papilio glaucas)

Zebra Swallowtail - adult (Eurytides marcellus)

Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphylium)

Tickseed (Bidens aristosa), Purple Gerardia (Agalinis purpurea)

Strawberry Bush (Euonymous americanus)

Samson’s Snakeroot (Gentiana villosa)

Blazing Star (Liatris graminfolia)

Blazing Star (Liatris graminfolia)

Green-Headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata)

Green-Headed Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata)

Chokecherry(Sorbus arbutifolia)

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and
White-topped Aster (Aster paternus)

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata)

Pipsissewa (Chimaphila_maculata)

Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Michaux’s Lily (Lilium michauxii)

Lily-leaf Twayblade (Liparis lilifolia)

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Sundrops (Oenothera biennis)

Beard Tongue (Penstemon laevigatus)

Indian Physic (Porteranthus stipulata)

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica)

Wild Rose (Rosa carolina)

Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis)

Goat Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)