ERS 346 Outing #2

19/10/30
0930
1 hr
Becthel Park
Cloudy
Boreal Forest

Becthel Park had a forested area with a river running through it so it was expected that there would be a decent amount of animal activity but that was not the case. While walking though the paths, the only animals that were seen were some squirrels in the trees and on the forest floor. I presume that other animals like birds or chipmunks have prepared to migrate or hibernate around this time as winter was nearing. It may have just been too cold for them that day as it was cloudy that day. Wasn’t expecting any large mammals as this park is in the middle of urban development and it would be difficult for them to reach the park. Also, we stayed in the path which may have influenced what we found as animals might know that that’s where people are and would avoid moving close to it. The river had no visible life from just looking at it from the shore, but it was likely that some small fish and invertebrates were hiding in the rock on the bottom. The trees that were seen the most were maples with some pines and iron woods. There were other trees we saw during our walk but their family was unknown to us.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 12:23 AM por ajagroop