iNaturalist Outing #3

19/11/29 @1200hrs
Belt line trail in Toronto
Weather was 0 degrees Celcius with little wind and no precipitation, slightly sunny but mostly cloudy.

For my third iNaturalist outing on I took a 45 minute walk along the Kay Gardener Belt Line in Toronto which is a 9km long path lined by small forested sections, and connects to a park. I spent the first half of my walk along the belt line noticing mainly rodent species of American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Eastern Chipmunks (Tamias striatus), and some Eastern Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). There were different kinds of trees, some coniferous but mainly deciduous. I could identify some of the tree types as pine, maple, birch, oak, white ash, and cedar. The beltline in Toronto has a thin forest that lines the trail as a barrier for backyards of homes that back onto the Beltline. I had a feeling I would not see a variety of species because it is now winter and the species diversity changes especially during this time. It was also the coldest it had been so far in November so I predicted only seeing rodent kinds of animals and minimal birds. There were various kinds of scat that I think were from rabbits, and possibly skunks. There was some dead common milkweed along the Beltline near some dead indistinguishable shrubs.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 01:17 AM por diana_davey