Warner Trail Walk on June 25, 2021

My sister and I decided to go on Warner trail in Sharon, Massachusetts. The weather was almost unbearably hot, with it being 89 degrees Fahrenheit. It probably didn't help that we decided to go around 3:00 in the afternoon. It was very sunny and no clouds were to be seen at all. We walked throughout the trail for an hour and noticed several things that might relate to the topic of ecology we're learning about. First, we noticed a lot of spiderwebs throughout the trail. The webs stretched across the trail and attached to leaves, branches, and whatever it could find. On several of them, we found spiders (obviously). It was interesting to me to think how important it was to have these structures in order for spiders to create webs and eventually catch food with those webs. Another thing we noticed was how important it was for organisms to blend into their environment. Throughout the walk, we also realized the energy flow through ecosystems was very relevant. We saw the primary producer from leaves and plants, then we saw decomposers like fungi, then consumers like birds, and eventually tertiary consumers like eagles flying in the sky. Because we were on a trail with various organisms, I thought to myself that we were probably in an area with a good amount of biomass, which probably meant a relative amount of annual NPP per year. However, as we went along the trail, I found sad evidence of human garbage, including plastic bottles, plastic bags and more. I picked them up and thought to myself the impact of our species has on the environment and how I as an individual can take part in the conservation effort.

Publicado el 29 de junio de 2022 por oliviabio