ERS 346 Outing #1

19/09/20
1345-1445
60 minutes
Huron Natural Area
Sunny and Humid, 27 celsius
Wetland/Boreal Forest/Meadow

The beginning of the trail of this area was beautiful, the right side of the trail opened into a meadow, full of goldenrod. There were some dragonflies, as well as some butterflies (either monarch or, I could not tell for sure because they were not too close by). Walking further down the path, it went through a mature forest of what I could tell some maple and beech trees, along with some pines. Surrounded by forest was a pond. There was more goldenrod as well as another type of rod growing in the pond banks. As well, there were a few willow trees growing by the pond. I saw some turtles sunbathing, since it was a very hot and humid day, they must have been using the sun to warm up. As well, I saw some frogs closer to the bank of the pond in the shade. Much of the trail was either planted forest, or old growth forest. I heard a lot of birds but did not get a direct look of them. There was a lot of yellow, white, and purple flowers growing out from what I recognized from other classes as some invasive species. Throughout the forested area, a lot of brown squirrels were hurrying and climbing trees, possibly harvesting food for their hibernation as the weather gets cooler. Further into the path it opened into the other side of the meadow trail, full of goldenrods and butterflies, as well as some fennels. We passed some kettle wetlands on the way to a woodland trail as the map said but turned back as the weather was very hot and we had been walking for almost an hour. What i found the most interesting of this walk was that Huron Natural Area had some protected archeological sites. Maybe due to the hot day, the only other people we saw on our way back was a couple walking their puppy.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 08:32 PM por salazarm