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High Tide 1:45 PM at CBBT
The location looked good; the incoming high tide gives the place a nicer than usual look.

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Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

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Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

I experienced an issue with the security guard associated with the office at the site. He stopped me from trespassing on their private property and asked me to come inside to explain what I was doing so that I could get approval to go through with the test. It is a 'substance abuse' facility. I met with a supervisor and she authorized me to proceed. It was a very minor hassle; they were nice people.

Whoa!!! It was freezing cold! The location looked good; the incoming high tide gives the place a nicer than usual look. (High Tide 4:26 AM at CBBT). I did not have my water temperature thermometer.

I did some light trash pickup around the site and dumped the waste at the Aquarium. The site looked good on my side of the river, but the other side showed a lot a trash accumulating on the river bank near the apartments.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

The launch area was flooded and frozen. Strong winds called for a strong current. No resid

Good news -- there were no interactions with the security guards on site. Nice work Emily.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a photo of the site.
The tide was low exposing an abundance of trash on both sides of the river.
Water samples were obtained and dropped off at the aquarium.
Due to the lower water levels it was more difficult to get to the deeper areas. The silt/sludge on the river bottom made it very difficult to walk to the deeper areas. Almost lost my boots in the muck!
I was accompanied by my 4-year old grandson, Blake. We collected a fair amount of trash, but there was much more than we were able to collect.

Vegitation and debris line from recent high water. Tide was low and water appeared muddy. Evidence of someone digging a hole along path (perhaps looking for worms?).

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Muddy; slow current; noticed some large debris sticking out of the water, was too deep for me to grab

There was a considerable amount of vegetable detritus present; water otherwise clear

High Tide 2:55 AM at Broad Bay Canal
Good news – again, there were no interactions with the security guards on site. I think we can close out this issue.
The tide was low exposing an abundance of trash on both sides of the river.
Water samples were difficult to obtain due to the low water level. The deeper areas were largely inaccessible due to muck.

Extreme low tide. Difficult to exclude sediments. Area along Laskin recently cleaned.

Low tide. Ramp was at a steep angle, but still usable. Trash and more dug holes.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Extreme low tide. Very challenging to obtain clean sample. Not alot of trash, Picked up some glass bottles

It was snowy, very windy and icy cold! So cold, in fact, that we were not dressed properly and unable to spend extra time to pick up the trash around the site.Otherwise, the site looked good. The combination of high tide and high winds had the river banks brimming with water.

Very windy. Very high tide. Snow/ice pellets. Water clear with surface debris present. When rinsing sample bottle, water foamed substantially on the surface and remained long enough to be moved by the wind.

Dock area was flooded at 10:00 so I had to go back near low tide. Debris washed ashore. City was on site surveying for future dredge removal site.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Light rain, just started; some particulates visible, also small oil sheens; fish present.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Heavy rain at time of collection. Extensive particulate/debris on surface; water turbid.

Swift outgoing tide. Light wind.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

It was a clear, warm and sunny day. There was a high tide and water levels were up. The water appeared muddy from the recent rains. There was a medium amount of trash in the water.

It was a clear, warm and sunny day. The area was surprising clear of trash and the city appeared to have visited to cut the grass recently. The water appeared muddy from the recent rains

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Murky water--lots of sediment; Film (almost looked like oil) covering top of water; lots of firework debris

Water clear w/diffuse particulates on surface. Numerous schools of juvenile fish present. 3 juvenile night herons hunting crabs on and around docks.

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Water slightly turbid; some particulates; silver dollar-sized oil spots. Many fish present, however Laney and I saw a number of dead fish of unknown species scattered around the marsh at low tide a week ago.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

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Tide was too low to obtain sample from shoreline --need to figure out a tool that would allow us to take a sample laying off of dock.

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Tide just begun going out following a series of very high tide cycles due to storm; water clear enough to see the bottom.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Clear water, steady current--windy, the high tide made the water come up to the edge of the coldesac

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Water very clear; numerous egrets in the saltmeadow; migrating osprey hunting in Broad Bay. Tide going out.

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The general appearance of the area was very good all around. There was hardly any trash to pick up.

Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Flowing current, water was clear and moving, incoming tide, trash present onsite

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FLSP closed. Sampled alternate site. Windy conditions and high water at low tide following storm Matthew.

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Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

Rainfall had just begun; water seasonally clear. Very high "moon tide" still oncoming. The Narrows Loon, a baby flounder-catching specialist, has arrived for another winter of feasting.

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11/13 drop off 11/14

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Great Neck Creek/ Birdneck Kayak Launch

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Exact high tide (8:23); water sharply clear; the famous flounder-fishing loon was working nearby.

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High Tide 1:27 PM at Broad Bay Canal. Variable showers.
Again, the general appearance of the area was very trashy. After pulling the sample, I collected trash. The water level was very high. A kayak would have been very productive for picking trash. The PVC pole was still there (it is most likely used for some type of water monitoring).