ERS 346 outing #3

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Time & Date: 19/11/14; 16:30
Duration: 60 mins
Location: Waterloo Park, ON
Weather: Cloudy, 0 degrees, little wind, snow-covered
Habitat: Creek, grassland
Vegetation: Spruces, eastern white pine, maple, oak, goldenrod .
Narrative:

This area is very different from the Toronto high park because there are fewer people visited this area, and there are fewer tree plants covering the area, the majority of the area is covered by grass(snow at the time) with few trees. there are many conifers in the area I visited because they adapt well to cold conditions. Squirrels are very common among most ecosystems, and they can eat seeds from those conifers. There are at least four types of bird sound, and I ID based on sound to find Nuthatches and Woodpecker, but it is not very acuity. Both of those species live in this area all year long, and woodpecker feeding on insects lives in the tree, and Nuthatches feed on seeds (able to found on dry plants). There are some rabbit in this habitat and they can feed on those grass when the ground is not covered by snow; also there are some birds flying, they might be a duck species, but it is not clear, and they fly around the same spot, so they are less likely on the way of migrating. Also, there are tacks that likely belong to white-tailed deer, but not sure. those animals might be eating conifer's leaves. Also, based on the tracks, the area is less influenced by a human (might because of winter) compared to High Park.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 03:42 AM por