28 de junio de 2022

nature walk #2 6/28/2022

Today I went on my nature walk around my local pond, Horn Pond in Woburn Massachusetts. It was around 7 pm when I started the walk it was warm when I started the walk around 76 but dropped to 73 by the end of the walk as the sun was setting. It was sunny with some clouds in the sky. There were a lot of trees around the pond and a lot of ground plants/vegetation. I didn't see many animals but if I went deeper into the woods I am sure I would've seen more animals. I was able to see the different types of trees (ones with needles vs ones with leaves). I bet if I had gone down to the water I would have seen some amphibians too.

Publicado el 28 de junio de 2022 por parrotli parrotli | 9 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

10 de junio de 2022

Ecology and Evolution Nature Walk #1 6/10/2022

I did my nature walk along Hampton Beach shore line in Hampton, New Hampshire (very close to the border of Massachusetts). I took my walk from 8am-9am in the morning and it was high tide. It is a nice sunny day today with temperature in the 70's. I saw some plants and animals, don't know if it would find any fungi on the beach setting maybe on the jetty, I will return when it's low tide. Along the water line there was a lot of seaweed and shells. The shells are a sign of what is in the ocean as it washes the shells to the shore, I am curious to see what else I find when it's low tide. I usually find sand dollars on this beach but didn't see any today, but I also didn't go in the water as it is very cold (Atlantic Ocean). On the dunes there's a lot of grasses and stalky pants, they aren't close to the water so I assume their man water supply is rain. There is not a lot of plants near the water/shoreline, I wonder if it is because of the salt water and the human traffic near there. I was hoping to go on the jetty as I would find a lot of different organisms there because it's ecosystem changed between water and land. I plan to go back later and see if I can find anything new. I saw the obvious animals of the beach, seagulls, but Hampton Beach is also home to piping plovers which is an threatened species (per google) and they lay their eggs in the dunes. If I was deep in the water I'm sure I could've found some fish too. There were no trees on the beach, as there is no soil (at other beaches there may be trees but not here at least). I would say the beach is not very biodiverse, but that the ocean definitely is! I'm sure there's lots more organisms in the oceans/shorelines that just weren't visible to the eye!

Publicado el 10 de junio de 2022 por parrotli parrotli | 9 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Ecology and Evolution nature walk journal post 6/10/2022

I did my nature walk along Hampton Beach shore line in Hampton, New Hampshire (very close to the border of Massachusetts). I took my walk from 8am-9am in the morning and it was high tide. It is a nice sunny day today with temperature in the 70's. I saw some plants and animals, don't know if it would find any fungi on the beach setting maybe on the jetty, I will return when it's low tide. Along the water line there was a lot of seaweed and shells. The shells are a sign of what is in the ocean as it washes the shells to the shore, I am curious to see what else I find when it's low tide. I usually find sand dollars on this beach but didn't see any today, but I also didn't go in the water as it is very cold (Atlantic Ocean). On the dunes there's a lot of grasses and stalky pants, they aren't close to the water so I assume their man water supply is rain. There is not a lot of plants near the water/shoreline, I wonder if it is because of the salt water and the human traffic near there. I was hoping to go on the jetty as I would find a lot of different organisms there because it's ecosystem changed between water and land. I plan to go back later and see if I can find anything new. I saw the obvious animals of the beach, seagulls, but Hampton Beach is also home to piping plovers which is an threatened species (per google) and they lay their eggs in the dunes. If I was deep in the water I'm sure I could've found some fish too. There were no trees on the beach, as there is no soil (at other beaches there may be trees but not here at least). I would say the beach is not very biodiverse, but that the ocean definitely is! I'm sure there's lots more organisms in the oceans/shorelines that just weren't visible to the eye!

Publicado el 10 de junio de 2022 por parrotli parrotli | 8 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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