29 de junio de 2022

Cape Cod Marsh Walk 6/28

Today I walked along a salt marsh area surrounding the beach in Barnstable, Cape Cod! It was a very warm day, about 80 degrees with a very strong sun and clear skies. There were a variety of plants vastly different than those on my previous Nature Walk. Some of these were the reeds, Junipers, and Virgin Creepers. While in Hammond Pond the conifer trees reached high heights, here most of the plants were shorter vascular plants with a few short trees. There were some flowering plants and sea tomatoes, but most of the plants I saw were more shrub-like. These plants need to be able to withstand the variation in their environment and tides. With erosion and increases in extreme weather due to climate change it will be interesting to see what happens to these coastal areas.. There was also an Osprey nest and I got to see both parents feeding their babies.

Publicado el 29 de junio de 2022 por annakmurphy annakmurphy | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

11 de junio de 2022

Hammond Pond Walk June 10, 2022

Today I took about a 40 minute walk through the trails near Hammond Pond in Chestnut Hill. The weather was very warm and partly cloudy. I saw lots of plant diversity as there the area is quite diverse with the pond and wetland, forest, as well as rocky areas. I tried to capture images of organisms found from the various sub-habitats for example the water lilies from the pond itself, the chipmunks from the forest, and mosses from damper areas of the forest. I believe almost all of my 20 observations were plants and I might have gotten all of the main groups! I was a bit surprised by the level of plant diversity just because of how close the pond is to the highway and subsequent suburbs; because I live in downtown Boston I sometimes forget such diverse nature can be so close. I did not note any fungi, and hardly any animals besides a few birds and chipmunks. I only got a picture of one bird, but I saw and heard quite a few.

Publicado el 11 de junio de 2022 por annakmurphy annakmurphy | 20 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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