Five years ago we sampled this un-named tributary for the first time. Since then the little creek has had improved culverts and riparian vegetation added. What was once a ditch filled with kudzu and a little bit of water, has become a pleasant little oasis for a variety of life. The fish species have not really increased, but the numbers of individual fish has dramatically gone up. And we are seeing all sorts of amphibians and inverts and insect life.
But this is NANFA, so I have to show you the fish and really they are the best fish anyone could want to see...
The river architech... big and sexy was easily found... I present the bluehead chub
Dixie chubs were probably the most numerous fish we saw. We did not see any tuberculate males, but there were individuals of every size from less than an inch to beauties like this. I mean if you love yellow (and how can you not), this is a great fish.
And speaking of yellow, we seemed to have missed the height of color for the yellowfin shiners, but there were a few that were still showing out even in July. The individuals from this stream always seem to have fins that are clearer close to the body and yellow on the edges with numerous black melanophores on the fins. It gives them a very interesting look that's different from most others I see.
We continue to work with the City of Griffin to monitor this stream and are planning another visit to try to get down to Cabin Creek (that this unnamed tributary flows into) to see if there are other species that might one day colonize this rehabilitated head water.
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